Articles | Volume 3, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-655-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-655-2010
07 Jun 2010
 | 07 Jun 2010

Ground-based observations for the validation of contrails and cirrus detection in satellite imagery

H. Mannstein, A. Brömser, and L. Bugliaro

Related subject area

Subject: Clouds | Technique: Remote Sensing | Topic: Validation and Intercomparisons
Retrieval of microphysical parameters of monsoonal rain using X-band dual-polarization radar: their seasonal dependence and evaluation
Kumar Abhijeet, Thota Narayana Rao, Nidamanuri Rama Rao, and Kasimahanthi Amar Jyothi
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 871–888, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-871-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-871-2023, 2023
Short summary
Consistency test of precipitating ice cloud retrieval properties obtained from the observations of different instruments operating at Dome C (Antarctica)
Gianluca Di Natale, David D. Turner, Giovanni Bianchini, Massimo Del Guasta, Luca Palchetti, Alessandro Bracci, Luca Baldini, Tiziano Maestri, William Cossich, Michele Martinazzo, and Luca Facheris
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 7235–7258, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-7235-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-7235-2022, 2022
Short summary
Sizing ice hydrometeor populations using the dual-wavelength radar ratio
Sergey Y. Matrosov, Alexei Korolev, Mengistu Wolde, and Cuong Nguyen
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 6373–6386, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6373-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6373-2022, 2022
Short summary
Impact of the revisit frequency on cloud climatology for CALIPSO, EarthCARE, Aeolus, and ICESat-2 satellite lidar missions
Andrzej Z. Kotarba
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 4307–4322, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4307-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4307-2022, 2022
Short summary
The impact of sampling strategy on the cloud droplet number concentration estimated from satellite data
Edward Gryspeerdt, Daniel T. McCoy, Ewan Crosbie, Richard H. Moore, Graeme J. Nott, David Painemal, Jennifer Small-Griswold, Armin Sorooshian, and Luke Ziemba
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 3875–3892, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3875-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3875-2022, 2022
Short summary

Cited articles

Appleman, H.: The formation of exhaust contrails by jet aircraft, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 34, 14–20, 1953.
Bakan, S., Betancor, M., Gayler, V., and Grassl, H.: Contrail frequency over Europe from NOAA-satellite images, Ann. Geophys., 12, 962–968, 1994.
Fichter, C., Marquart, S., Sausen, R., and Lee, D.: The impact of cruise altitude on contrails and related radiative forcing, Meteorol. Z., 14(4), 563–572, 2005.
Forster, P., Ramaswamy, V., Artaxo, P., Berntsen, T., Betts, R., Fahey, D., Haywood, J., Lean, J., Lowe, D., Myhre, G., Nganga, J., Prinn, R., Raga, G., Schulz, M., and Van Dorland, R.: Changes in atmospheric constituents and in radiative forcing, in: Climate change 2007: The physical science basis, Technical Report 2007, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), IPCC Secretariat, c/o World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, http://www.ipcc.ch, 2007.
Gierens, K. M., Kärcher, B., Mannstein, H., and Mayer, B.: Aerodynamic contrails: Phenomenology and flow physics, J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 217–226, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JAS2767.1, 2009.
Download