The 27-28 October 1986 FIRE IFO cirrus case study: cirrus parameter relationships derived from satellite and lidar data

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Cirrus cloud radiative and physical characteristics are determined using a combination of ground-based, aircraft, and satellite measurements taken as part of the FIRE Cirrus Intensive Field Observations (IFO) during October and November 1986. Lidar backscatter data are used with rawinsonde data to define cloud base, center, and top heights and the corresponding temperatures. Coincident GOES 4-km visible (0.65 μm) and 8-km infrared window (11.5 μm) radiances are analyzed to determine cloud emittances and reflectances. Infrared optical depth is computed from the emittance results. Visible optical depth is derived from reflectance using a theoretical ice crystal scattering model and an empirical bidirectional reflectance model. No clouds with visible optical depths greater than 5 or infrared optical depths less than 0.1 were used in the analysis. -from Authors

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Minnis, P., Young, D. F., Sassen, K., Alvarez, J. M., & Grund, C. J. (1990). The 27-28 October 1986 FIRE IFO cirrus case study: cirrus parameter relationships derived from satellite and lidar data. Monthly Weather Review, 118(11), 2402–2425. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1990)118<2402:TOFICC>2.0.CO;2

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