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A cross-instrument closure and polarimetric study for improving sub-millimeter polarimeter-radiometer ice cloud microphysics retrievals
Climate and Radiation Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Yuli Liu
GESTAR-II, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Joseph A. Finlon
ESSIC, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, USA
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Ian S. Adams
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Rachael A. Kroodsma
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Dong L. Wu
Climate and Radiation Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Ralf Bennartz
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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This is a closure and polarimetric study using a variety of airborne observations to disentangle hydrometeor microphysical properties and their vertical distribution. This work paves a concrete step in assuring timely delivery of high-quality science products for several future sub-mm radiometer missions as well as possibilities of new science products beyond the mission requirements.
This is a closure and polarimetric study using a variety of airborne observations to disentangle...
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