Publication Date:
2013-07-31
Description:
[1] We analyze and compare the different sensitivities of aerosol/cloud lidar and 35 GHz cloud radar to detect ice formation in mid-level clouds in order to harmonize mixed-phase cloud observations performed with lidar and radar. We found good agreement between spaceborne CALIPSO/CloudSat and ground-based lidar/radar observations at Leipzig, Germany. However large differences were found to a previous study with an 11-year cloud statistics solely based on lidar observations which is caused by significantly higher sensitivity of the cloud radar to detect ice crystals. By introducing a lidar detection threshold for the ice water content (IWC) of 10 -6 kgm -3 we find that lidar and radar cloud statistics become increasingly similar.
Print ISSN:
0094-8276
Electronic ISSN:
1944-8007
Topics:
Geosciences
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Physics
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