A42C
Cloud Observations and Uncertainties II

Thursday, 17 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
3006 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, Derek J Posselt, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Jonathan H. Jiang, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China 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
10:20
Remote Sensing Microphysical Processes From Space: A Feasibility Study (Invited) (60307)
Gerald G Mace, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
10:35
Toward Improving Ice Water Content and Snow Rate Retrievals from Spaceborne Radars, Emphasizing Ku and Ka-Bands (Invited) (60181)
Andrew Heymsfield1, Aaron Bansemer1, Simone Tanelli2 and Michael Poellot3, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
10:50
Errors Associated With Measurements from Imaging Probes (62128)
Andrew Heymsfield and Aaron Bansemer, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
11:05
Retrievals of Ice Cloud Microphysical Properties of Deep Convective Systems using Radar Measurements (62774)
Jingjing Tian1, Xiquan Dong1, Baike Xi1, Jingyu Wang1 and Cameron R Homeyer2, (1)University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, (2)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
11:20
Quantifying Uncertainties in Mass-Dimensional Relationships Through a Comparison Between CloudSat and SPartICus Reflectivity Factors (64897)
Jeana Mascio and Gerald G Mace, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
11:35
Potential of Higher Moments of the Radar Doppler Spectrum for Studying Ice Clouds (72946)
Maximilian Maahn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
11:50
Multilayer cloud detection and retrieval of cloud physical and optical properties from thermal infrared measurements (68262)
Hironobu Iwabuchi1, Yuka Tokoro1, Masanori Saito1, Nurfiena Sagita Putri1, Shuichiro Katagiri1 and Miho Sekiguchi2, (1)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (2)Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
12:05
In-situ Balloon Measurements of Small Ice Particles in High-Latitude Cirrus (77885)
Thomas Kuhn, LuleƄ University of Technology, LuleƄ, Sweden and Andrew Heymsfield, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 
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