Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-501-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-501-2020
Research article
 | 
06 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 06 Feb 2020

Using passive and active observations at microwave and sub-millimetre wavelengths to constrain ice particle models

Robin Ekelund, Patrick Eriksson, and Simon Pfreundschuh

Related authors

Microwave single-scattering properties of non-spheroidal raindrops
Robin Ekelund, Patrick Eriksson, and Michael Kahnert
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 6933–6944, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6933-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6933-2020, 2020
Short summary
Synergistic radar and radiometer retrievals of ice hydrometeors
Simon Pfreundschuh, Patrick Eriksson, Stefan A. Buehler, Manfred Brath, David Duncan, Richard Larsson, and Robin Ekelund
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 4219–4245, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4219-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4219-2020, 2020
Short summary
Microwave and submillimeter wave scattering of oriented ice particles
Manfred Brath, Robin Ekelund, Patrick Eriksson, Oliver Lemke, and Stefan A. Buehler
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 2309–2333, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2309-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2309-2020, 2020
Short summary
Airborne validation of radiative transfer modelling of ice clouds at millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelengths
Stuart Fox, Jana Mendrok, Patrick Eriksson, Robin Ekelund, Sebastian J. O'Shea, Keith N. Bower, Anthony J. Baran, R. Chawn Harlow, and Juliet C. Pickering
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 1599–1617, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1599-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1599-2019, 2019
Short summary
A general database of hydrometeor single scattering properties at microwave and sub-millimetre wavelengths
Patrick Eriksson, Robin Ekelund, Jana Mendrok, Manfred Brath, Oliver Lemke, and Stefan A. Buehler
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 1301–1326, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1301-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1301-2018, 2018
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Clouds | Technique: Remote Sensing | Topic: Validation and Intercomparisons
Model-based evaluation of cloud geometry and droplet size retrievals from two-dimensional polarized measurements of specMACS
Lea Volkmer, Veronika Pörtge, Fabian Jakub, and Bernhard Mayer
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 1703–1719, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1703-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1703-2024, 2024
Short summary
Improved RepVGG ground-based cloud image classification with attention convolution
Chaojun Shi, Leile Han, Ke Zhang, Hongyin Xiang, Xingkuan Li, Zibo Su, and Xian Zheng
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 979–997, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-979-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-979-2024, 2024
Short summary
An intercomparison of EarthCARE cloud, aerosol, and precipitation retrieval products
Shannon L. Mason, Howard W. Barker, Jason N. S. Cole, Nicole Docter, David P. Donovan, Robin J. Hogan, Anja Hünerbein, Pavlos Kollias, Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras, Zhipeng Qu, Ulla Wandinger, and Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 875–898, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-875-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-875-2024, 2024
Short summary
First results of cloud retrieval from the Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer
Bo-Ram Kim, Gyuyeon Kim, Minjeong Cho, Yong-Sang Choi, and Jhoon Kim
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 453–470, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-453-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-453-2024, 2024
Short summary
Thundercloud structures detected and analyzed based on coherent Doppler wind lidar
Kenan Wu, Tianwen Wei, Jinlong Yuan, Haiyun Xia, Xin Huang, Gaopeng Lu, Yunpeng Zhang, Feifan Liu, Baoyou Zhu, and Weidong Ding
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5811–5825, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5811-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5811-2023, 2023
Short summary

Cited articles

Battaglia, A. and Simmer, C.: How does multiple scattering affect the spaceborne W-band radar measurements at ranges close to and crossing the sea-surface range?, IEEE T. Geosci. Remote, 46, 1644–1651, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2008.916085, 2008. a
Bennartz, R. and Bauer, P.: Sensitivity of microwave radiances at 85–183 GHz to precipitating ice particles, Radio Sci., 38, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002RS002626, 2003. a
Brath, M., Fox, S., Eriksson, P., Harlow, R. C., Burgdorf, M., and Buehler, S. A.: Retrieval of an ice water path over the ocean from ISMAR and MARSS millimeter and submillimeter brightness temperatures, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 611–632, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-611-2018, 2018. a, b, c
Brath, M., Ekelund, R., Eriksson, P., Lemke, O., and Buehler, S. A.: Microwave and submillimeter wave scattering of oriented ice particles, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2019-382, in review, 2019. a, b
Buehler, S. A., Jiménez, C., Evans, K. F., Eriksson, P., Rydberg, B., Heymsfield, A. J., Stubenrauch, C. J., Lohmann, U., Emde, C., John, V. O., Sreerekha, T. R., and Davis, C. P.: A concept for a satellite mission to measure cloud ice water path, ice particle size, and cloud altitude, Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 133, 109–128, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.143, 2007. a
Download
Short summary
Atmospheric ice particles (e.g. snow and ice crystals) are an important part of weather, climate, and the hydrological cycle. This study investigates whether combined satellite measurements by radar and radiometers at microwave wavelengths can be used to find the most likely shape of such ice particles. The method was limited when using only currently operating sensors (CloudSat radar and the GPM Microwave Imager) but shows promise if the upcoming Ice Cloud Imager is also considered.