Degree of ice particle surface roughness inferred from polarimetric observations

Hioki, S., P. Yang, B.A. Baum, S.E. Platnick, K.G. Meyer, M.D. King, and J. Riedi (2016), Degree of ice particle surface roughness inferred from polarimetric observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 7545-7558, doi:10.5194/acp-16-7545-2016.
Abstract

The degree of surface roughness of ice particles within thick, cold ice clouds is inferred from multidirectional, multi-spectral satellite polarimetric observations over oceans, assuming a column-aggregate particle habit. An improved roughness inference scheme is employed that provides a more noise-resilient roughness estimate than the conventional best-fit approach. The improvements include the

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Radiation Science Program (RSP)