A review of the light scattering properties of cirrus

AJ Baran - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 2009‏ - Elsevier
In this review paper the light scattering properties of naturally occurring ice crystals that are
found in cirrus are discussed. Cirrus, also referred to as ice crystal clouds, due to their cold …

[HTML][HTML] An accurate parameterization of the solar radiative properties of cirrus clouds for climate models

Q Fu - Journal of climate, 1996‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
An accurate parameterization of the solar radiative properties of cirrus clouds is developed
based on improved light scattering calculations. Here 28 ice crystal size distributions from in …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of the CCM3 model climate using diagnosed and predicted condensate parameterizations

PJ Rasch, JE Kristjánsson - Journal of Climate, 1998‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
A Comparison of the CCM3 Model Climate Using Diagnosed and Predicted Condensate
Parameterizations in: Journal of Climate Volume 11 Issue 7 (1998) Jump to Content Jump to …

Design and performance of a new cloud microphysics scheme developed for the ECHAM general circulation model

U Lohmann, E Roeckner - Climate Dynamics, 1996‏ - Springer
A new cloud microphysics scheme including a prognostic treatment of cloud ice (PCI) is
developed to yield a more physically based representation of the components of the …

Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress

DE Waliser, JLF Li, CP Woods… - Journal of …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Present‐day shortcomings in the representation of upper tropospheric ice clouds in general
circulation models (GCMs) lead to errors in weather and climate forecasts as well as account …

[HTML][HTML] Observations and parameterizations of particle size distributions in deep tropical cirrus and stratiform precipitating clouds: Results from in situ observations in …

AJ Heymsfield, A Bansemer, PR Field… - Journal of the …, 2002‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Observations and Parameterizations of Particle Size Distributions in Deep Tropical Cirrus
and Stratiform Precipitating Clouds: Results from In Situ Observations in TRMM Field …

Cirrus clouds

AJ Heymsfield, M Krämer, A Luebke… - Meteorological …, 2017‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The goal of this chapter is to synthesize information about what is now known about one of
the three main types of clouds, cirrus, and to identify areas where more knowledge is …

[HTML][HTML] Parameterization of tropical cirrus ice crystal size distributions and implications for radiative transfer: Results from CEPEX

GM McFarquhar, AJ Heymsfield - Journal of the atmospheric …, 1997‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Average ice crystal size distributions are parameterized as functions of temperature and ice
water content (IWC), based on observations in cirrus produced as outflows of deep …

Ice properties of single‐layer stratocumulus during the Mixed‐Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment: 1. Observations

GM McFarquhar, G Zhang, MR Poellot… - Journal of …, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
During the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program's Mixed‐
Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M‐PACE) in fall 2004, the University of North Dakota …

Negative Aerosol‐Cloud re Relationship From Aircraft Observations Over Hebei, China

C Zhao, Y Qiu, X Dong, Z Wang, Y Peng… - Earth and Space …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Using six flights observations in September 2015 over Hebei, China, this study shows a
robust negative aerosol‐cloud droplet effective radius (re) relationship for liquid clouds …