'Liquid water content' presentation slideshows

Snow Hydrology

Snow Hydrology. Don Cline Presented at Hydromet 00-1 Monday, 25 October 1999 National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center Office of Hydrology, National Weather Service, NOAA. Why is Snow Important?. Why is Snow Important?. Snowmelt Flooding. Snowmelt floods are a severe problem:

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Fig. 7-CO, p. 162

Fig. 7-CO, p. 162 Precipitation Processes SIZES OF: NUCLEI , WATER DROPLETS , and WATER DROPS Factors of 100 X Condensing Nuclei 0.2 ?m Cloud Droplet 20 ?m Raindrop 2,000 ?m Fig. 7-1, p. 164 Precipitation Processes

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The Shape-Slope Relation in Observed Gamma Raindrop Size Distributions: Statistical Error or Useful Information?*

The Shape-Slope Relation in Observed Gamma Raindrop Size Distributions: Statistical Error or Useful Information?*. Shaunna Donaher MPO 531 February 28, 2008. *Zhang, G., J. Vivekanandan and E.A. Brandes, 2003. JAS , 20 , 1106-1119. Background: Disdrometer.

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Remote Sensing Instruments

S-Polka. Remote Sensing Instruments. HIAPER Cloud radar. CSU-CHILL. NRL P-3 ELDORA. Microwave Temperature Profiler. HSRL on GV. Cloud Radar and Lidar Instruments for Sensing Aerosol and Clouds Vivek Earth Observing Laboratory NCAR, Boulder, Colorado.

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Modeling and Observations of the Impact of Pollution Aerosols on Orographic Snowfall

Modeling and Observations of the Impact of Pollution Aerosols on Orographic Snowfall. DRI Seminar Reno, NV Sept 21, 2007. Stephen M. Saleeby & W. Cotton, R. Borys, D. Lowenthal, M. Wetzel. Overview. Introduce the primary objectives of the ISPA field project

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4. Initiation of Raindrops by Collision and Coalescence

4. Initiation of Raindrops by Collision and Coalescence. 4.1 Introduction to precipitation physics. 4.2 Setting the stage for coalescence. 4.3 Droplet growth by collision and coalescence. 4.4 Growth models and discussion. 4.1 Precipitation Physics.

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Overview of combined cloud retrievals from active instruments in space

Overview of combined cloud retrievals from active instruments in space. Robin Hogan University of Reading Thanks to Nicola Pounder, Julien Delanoe , Chris Westbrook, Thorwald Stein. 4 March 2014. Overview. What do we need to retrieve? Importance of classification

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Status of AROME Physics

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Presentation by: Mackenzie Kilpatrick Date: 3/3/2014

Increased Arctic cloud longwave emissivity associated with pollution from mid-latitudes by: Garrett & Zhao (2006) Aerosol Effects on Cloud Emissivity and Surface Longwave Heating in the Arctic by: Garrett, Radke , and Hobbs (2002). Presentation by: Mackenzie Kilpatrick Date: 3/3/2014.

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Stephen Klein and Renata McCoy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Hugh Morrison National Center for Atmospheric Rese

Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds during M-PACE. Part I: Single-layer cloud. Stephen Klein and Renata McCoy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Hugh Morrison National Center for Atmospheric Research +38 additional scientists GEWEX Cloud Systems Study Meeting

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Distribution of Liquid Water in Orographic Mixed-Phase Clouds

Distribution of Liquid Water in Orographic Mixed-Phase Clouds. Diana Thatcher Mentor: Linnea Avallone LASP REU 2011. Outline. Introduction Experiment Important Instruments 1 st Area of Interest 2 nd Area of Interest Conclusion. Orographic Clouds.

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Rain Observations with a vertically looking Micro Rain Radar (MRR)

Rain Observations with a vertically looking Micro Rain Radar (MRR). Peters Gerhard, Fisher Bernd and Andersson Tage . Boreal Environment Research: 7, 353-362, (2002). BALTEX - GEWEX & PEP. Baltic Sea Experiment : Hydrological Cycle Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

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The Original TRMM Science Objectives An assessment 15 years after launch Christian Kummerow

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Research Objectives ASCII - CU

Research Objectives ASCII - CU. Katja Friedrich. Objective #1: Role of Multi-Scale motion and Microphysical Transformation on Snowfall Characteristics .

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CONSTRAIN cold air outbreak DALES results

CONSTRAIN cold air outbreak DALES results. LWP (kg m -2 ) at t=10 hr, N c = 10 cm -3. Thomas Frederikse, Stephan de Roode , and Pier Siebesma. Set up of the simulations. L (km) D x (m) N c (cm -3 ) Purpose ________________________________________________ 102.4 200 10 Reference

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Additional Output to CrIMSS EDR/IP

Additional Output to CrIMSS EDR/IP. Sung-Yung Lee, Evan Fishbein Sounder PEATE NASA-JPL/Caltech. Why do we need additional Output. To validate the EDR products and evaluate the performance of EDR . Need to study the brightness temperature residuals, both MW and IR

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EASA- HighIWC Final Meeting

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UAV SAR

UAV SAR. L band (1.6 GHz) ~20cm In this frequency, insensitive to grain size (Shi & Dozier) Sensitive to density, liquid water content Need dielectric constants. Capacitec Probe. 16, 32, or 64kHz Claims to accurately measure snow density and liquid water content.

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GCSS Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI): status and progress

GCSS Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI): status and progress. ISCCP Low Cloud Cover (%). GPCI is a working group of the GEWEX Cloud Systems Study (GCSS) Participation of 23 climate/weather prediction models. Courtesy C. Hannay.

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