Technical note: Retrieval of the supercooled liquid fraction in mixed-phase clouds from Himawari-8 observations

Wang, Ziming; Letu, Husi; Shang, Huazhe; Bugliaro, Luca

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7559-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7559-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7559-2024

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Articles | Volume 24, issue 13

Technical note

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04 Jul 2024

Technical note |

| 04 Jul 2024

Technical note: Retrieval of the supercooled liquid fraction in mixed-phase clouds from Himawari-8 observations

Ziming Wang, Husi Letu, Huazhe Shang, and Luca Bugliaro

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7559-2024-supplement

Data sets

CALIPSO IIR Level 2 track data NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_IIR_L2_Track-Standard-V4-20

CALIPSO Lidar Level~2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM) data NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_VFM-STANDARD-V4-20

MODIS/Terra+Aqua Albedo 16-Day L3 Global 0.05 Deg Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43C3.006

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The supercooled liquid fraction (SLF) in mixed-phase clouds is retrieved for the first time using passive geostationary satellite observations based on differences in liquid droplet and ice particle radiative properties. The retrieved results are comparable to global distributions observed by active instruments, and the feasibility of the retrieval method to analyze the observed trends of the SLF has been validated.