Chairs: Shaocheng Xie, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States and Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
Primary Conveners: Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China
Co-conveners: Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Penn State, University Park, PA, United States, Shaocheng Xie, Lawrence Livermore Nat''l Lab, Livermore, CA, United States and Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China
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Challenges in Analyzing and Representing Cloud Microphysical Data Measured with Airborne Cloud Probes
Darrel Baumgardner1, Matt Freer1, Greg M McFarquhar2, Andrew Heymsfield3 and Daniel J Cziczo4, (1)Droplet Measurement Technologies, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Univ Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)MIT--EAPS, Cambridge, MA, United States
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A Path Towards Operational Uncertainty of Cloud Phase Identification Algorithms
Laura Riihimaki1, Jennifer M Comstock1, Edward P Luke2, Trenton Pulsipher1, Chitra Sivaraman1, Mark Tardiff1 and Sandy Thompson1, (1)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY, United States
11:05 AM
How Various Sources of Uncertainty Affect Retrieval Uncertainty in the Optimal Estimation Framework Using a Non-precipitating Liquid Clouds Example
Zhuocan Xu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Gerald G Mace, Univ Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, David D Turner, NOAA Norman, Norman, OK, United States and Derek J Posselt, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
11:20 AM
A New Cloud and Aerosol Layer Detection Method Based on Micropulse Lidar Measurements
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, College Park, MD, United States, Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States and Dong Liu, Anhui Institute Of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei, China
11:35 AM
Characterizing Decades of Cloud Measurements from Combined ARM Profiling Radar and Lidar Measurements
Karen L Johnson1, Michael P Jensen1, Shannon Baxter2, Tami Toto1, 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)McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (4)Penn State, University Park, PA, United States
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Vertical velocities in midlatitude cirrus: A comparison between in situ aircraft measurements and Doppler radar retrievals
Andreas D Muhlbauer1, Heike Kalesse2, Pavlos Kollias2 and Thomas P Ackerman3, (1)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, United States