Assessment and validation of the community radiative transfer model for ice cloud conditions

Bingqi Yi; Ping Yang; Fuzhong Weng; Quanhua Liu

doi:10.1117/12.2069341

8 November 2014 Assessment and validation of the community radiative transfer model for ice cloud conditions

Bingqi Yi, Ping Yang, Fuzhong Weng, Quanhua Liu

Proceedings Volume 9259, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation V; 92591C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069341
Event: SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, 2014, Beijing, China

Abstract

The performance of the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) under ice cloud conditions is evaluated and improved with the implementation of MODIS collection 6 ice cloud optical property model based on the use of severely roughened solid column aggregates and a modified Gamma particle size distribution. New ice cloud bulk scattering properties (namely, the extinction efficiency, single-scattering albedo, asymmetry factor, and scattering phase function) suitable for application to the CRTM are calculated by using the most up-to-date ice particle optical property library. CRTM-based simulations illustrate reasonable accuracy in comparison with the counterparts derived from a combination of the Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer (DISORT) model and the Line-by-line Radiative Transfer Model (LBLRTM). Furthermore, simulations of the top of the atmosphere brightness temperature with CRTM for the Crosstrack Infrared Sounder (CrIS) are carried out to further evaluate the updated CRTM ice cloud optical property look-up table.

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Bingqi Yi, Ping Yang, Fuzhong Weng, and Quanhua Liu "Assessment and validation of the community radiative transfer model for ice cloud conditions", Proc. SPIE 9259, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation V, 92591C (8 November 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069341

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