A41N-02
A brief history of ice cloud optical property models of applications to remote sensing
Thursday, 17 December 2015: 08:15
3006 (Moscone West)
Ping Yang, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States, Kuo-Nan Liou, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Bryan A Baum, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Steven E Platnick, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Kerry Meyer, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Michael D King, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Abstract:
The bulk single-scattering properties, namely, the extinction efficiency, single-scattering albedo, and phase function (or phase matrix) of an ensemble of ice crystals are essential to the generation of look-up tables for remote sensing retrieval algorithm implementation involving ice clouds. To compute the bulk single-scattering albedo, an appropriate model of ice crystal morphologies is necessary to reduce uncertainties in remote sensing of ice cloud radiative and microphysical properties. In this talk, we will review the history of the development of ice crystal optical models, particularly, those used in the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) operational ice cloud property retrieval. The improvements associated with the newly developed ice optical properties model used in MODIS Collection 6 will be illustrated.
