Abstract

Measurements of ice cloud lidar ratio from the University of Wisconsin High Spectral Resolution Lidar System (UW HSRL) are shown, for the period 2013/06/18-2013/11/04 in Hunstville, AL. These data were acquired as part of the SEAC4RS campaign. The layer-averaged median lidar ratio ,at 532 nm, for non-precipitating ice-clouds, 0.3 < OD < 3.0, observed during the experiment was determined to be 25.7 +/- 10.6 sr. As part of this work we’ve also developed an automated cloud and precipitation classification and detection algorithm.

Details

Title
Developing a Climatology of Cirrus Lidar Ratios Using Univeristy of Wisconsin HSRL Observations
Author
Kuehn, Ralph; Holz, Robert; Eloranta, Edwin; Vaughan, Mark; Hair, Johnathan
Section
Poster Session (Lidar Cloud Studies)
Publication year
2016
Publication date
2016
Publisher
EDP Sciences
ISSN
21016275
e-ISSN
2100014X
Source type
Conference Paper
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1800711973
Copyright
© 2016. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.