A22D:
Cloud Observations and Uncertainties I

Session ID#: 1562

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
3006 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Shaocheng Xie, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States and Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
Primary Convener:  Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China
Co-conveners:  Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Penn State, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, United States, Shaocheng Xie, Lawrence Livermore Nat''l Lab, Livermore, United States and Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China
Index Terms:

0319 Cloud optics [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0320 Cloud physics and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0321 Cloud/radiation interaction [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Characterizing Uncertainty

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A22D-01
A General Uncertainty Quantification Methodology for Cloud Microphysical Property Retrievals (Invited) (2484)
Qi Tang1, Shaocheng Xie1, Xiao Chen1 and Chuanfeng Zhao2, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China
A22D-02
Challenges in Analyzing and Representing Cloud Microphysical Data Measured with Airborne Cloud Probes (Invited) (11697)
Darrel Baumgardner, Droplet Measurement Technologies, Boulder, United States, Matt Freer, Droplet Measurement Technologies, Boulder, CO, United States, Greg M McFarquhar, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, Andrew Heymsfield, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Daniel J Cziczo, MIT--EAPS, Cambridge, United States
A22D-03
A Path Towards Operational Uncertainty of Cloud Phase Identification Algorithms (17552)
Laura Riihimaki1, Jennifer M Comstock2, Edward P Luke3, Trenton Pulsipher2, Chitra Sivaraman2, Mark Tardiff2 and Sandy Thompson2, (1)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States
A22D-04
How Various Sources of Uncertainty Affect Retrieval Uncertainty in the Optimal Estimation Framework Using a Non-precipitating Liquid Clouds Example (14066)
Zhuocan Xu1, Gerald G Mace1, David D Turner2 and Derek J Posselt3, (1)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)NOAA Norman, Norman, OK, United States, (3)University of California, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States
A22D-05
A New Cloud and Aerosol Layer Detection Method Based on Micropulse Lidar Measurements (4491)
Qianqian Wang, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China, Yuzhao Wang, Beijing Institute of Space Mechanics and Electricity, Beijing, China, Zhanqing Li, Univ of Maryland College Park, AOSC, College Park, United States, Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, Department of Atmospheric Science, Laramie, WY, United States and Dong Liu, Anhui Institute Of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei, China
A22D-06
Characterizing Decades of Cloud Measurements from Combined ARM Profiling Radar and Lidar Measurements (13335)
Karen L Johnson1, Michael P Jensen1, Shannon Baxter2, Tami Fairless1, Meng WANG1, Pavlos Kollias3 and Eugene Edmund Clothiaux4, (1)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States, (2)SUNY at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, United States, (3)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (4)Penn State, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, United States
A22D-07
Vertical velocities in midlatitude cirrus: A comparison between in situ aircraft measurements and Doppler radar retrievals (27517)
Andreas D Muehlbauer, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, Heike Kalesse-Los, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Pavlos Kollias, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States and Thomas P Ackerman, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, United States
A22D-08
Advances in the ARM Climate Research Facility for Model Evaluation (19425)
James Howard Mather II and Jimmy Voyles, PNNL, Richland, WA, United States
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