Confronting the challenge of modeling cloud and precipitation microphysics

H Morrison, M van Lier‐Walqui… - Journal of advances …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the atmosphere, microphysics refers to the microscale processes that affect cloud and
precipitation particles and is a key linkage among the various components of Earth's …

A general database of hydrometeor single scattering properties at microwave and sub-millimetre wavelengths

P Eriksson, R Ekelund, J Mendrok… - Earth System …, 2018‏ - essd.copernicus.org
A main limitation today in simulations and inversions of microwave observations of ice
hydrometeors (cloud ice, snow, hail, etc.) is the lack of data describing the interaction …

Ice crystal number concentration estimates from lidar–radar satellite remote sensing–Part 1: Method and evaluation

O Sourdeval, E Gryspeerdt, M Krämer… - Atmospheric …, 2018‏ - acp.copernicus.org
The number concentration of cloud particles is a key quantity for understanding aerosol–
cloud interactions and describing clouds in climate and numerical weather prediction …

An update on global atmospheric ice estimates from satellite observations and reanalyses

DI Duncan, P Eriksson - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018‏ - acp.copernicus.org
This study assesses the global distribution of mean atmospheric ice mass from current state-
of-the-art estimates and its variability on daily and seasonal timescales. Ice water path (IWP) …

[HTML][HTML] Combining Passive Infrared and Microwave Satellite Observations to Investigate Cloud Microphysical Properties: A Review

M Viggiano, D Cimini, MP De Natale, F Di Paola… - Remote Sensing, 2025‏ - mdpi.com
Clouds play a key role in the Earth's radiation budget, weather, and hydrological cycle, as
well as the radiative and thermodynamic components of the climate system. Spaceborne …

Cirrus cloud retrieval with MSG/SEVIRI using artificial neural networks

J Strandgren, L Bugliaro, F Sehnke… - Atmospheric …, 2017‏ - amt.copernicus.org
Cirrus clouds play an important role in climate as they tend to warm the Earth–atmosphere
system. Nevertheless their physical properties remain one of the largest sources of …

A neural network approach to estimating a posteriori distributions of Bayesian retrieval problems

S Pfreundschuh, P Eriksson, D Duncan… - Atmospheric …, 2018‏ - amt.copernicus.org
A neural-network-based method, quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs), is proposed
as a novel approach to estimating the a posteriori distribution of Bayesian remote sensing …

Retrieval of an ice water path over the ocean from ISMAR and MARSS millimeter and submillimeter brightness temperatures

M Brath, S Fox, P Eriksson, RC Harlow… - Atmospheric …, 2018‏ - amt.copernicus.org
A neural-network-based retrieval method to determine the snow ice water path (SIWP),
liquid water path (LWP), and integrated water vapor (IWV) from millimeter and submillimeter …

Spectrum synergy for investigating cloud microphysics

D Cimini, C Serio, G Masiello, P Mastro… - Bulletin of the …, 2023‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Observations from spaceborne microwave (MW) and infrared (IR) passive sensors are the
backbone of current satellite meteorology, essential for data assimilation into modern …

Ice water path retrievals from Meteosat-9 using quantile regression neural networks

A Amell, P Eriksson… - Atmospheric …, 2022‏ - amt.copernicus.org
The relationship between geostationary radiances and ice water path (IWP) is complex, and
traditional retrieval approaches are not optimal. This work applies machine learning to …