Articles | Volume 25, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9981-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9981-2025
Research article
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08 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 08 Sep 2025

Exploiting airborne far-infrared measurements to optimise an ice cloud retrieval

Sanjeevani Panditharatne, Caroline Cox, Rui Song, Richard Siddans, Richard Bantges, Jonathan Murray, Stuart Fox, Cathryn Fox, and Helen Brindley

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Short summary
Upwelling radiation with wavelengths between 15 and 100 µm is theorised to be highly sensitive to the properties of ice clouds, particularly the shape of the ice crystals. We exploit this sensitivity and perform the first retrieval of ice cloud properties using these wavelengths from an observation taken on an aircraft and evaluate it against measurements of the cloud’s properties.
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