Microphysical and radiative measurements in boundary-layer mixed-phase clouds were collected during a May-June 2008 tethered balloon campaign in Ny-Ålesund, Norway in the high Arctic. The instruments deployed on the tethered balloon platform included a radiometer, a cloud particle imager, and a meteorological package. The mean intensities estimated from the radiometer measurements on the balloon were used to quantify the vertical structure of the mixed phase cloud system, while the downward irradiances measured by an upward looking ground-based radiometer were used to constrain the total cloud optical depth. The time evolution of the liquid water and ice particle cloud optical depths was estimated by using a comprehensive radiative transfer model.
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10 May 2013
RADIATION PROCESSES IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN (IRS2012): Proceedings of the International Radiation Symposium (IRC/IAMAS)
6–10 August 2012
Dahlem Cube, Free University, Berlin
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May 10 2013
Mixed phase boundary layer clouds observed from a tethered balloon platform in the Arctic
M. Sikand;
M. Sikand
Stevens Institute of Technology, Physics and Engineering Physics, Hoboken, NJ 07030,
USA
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J. Koskulics;
J. Koskulics
Stevens Institute of Technology, Physics and Engineering Physics, Hoboken, NJ 07030,
USA
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K. Stamnes;
K. Stamnes
Stevens Institute of Technology, Physics and Engineering Physics, Hoboken, NJ 07030,
USA
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B. Hamre;
B. Hamre
University of Bergen, Bergen N-5000,
Norway
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J. J. Stamnes;
J. J. Stamnes
University of Bergen, Bergen N-5000,
Norway
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R. P. Lawson
R. P. Lawson
SPEC Incorporated, 3022 Sterling Circle, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80301,
USA
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AIP Conf. Proc. 1531, 540–543 (2013)
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M. Sikand, J. Koskulics, K. Stamnes, B. Hamre, J. J. Stamnes, R. P. Lawson; Mixed phase boundary layer clouds observed from a tethered balloon platform in the Arctic. AIP Conf. Proc. 10 May 2013; 1531 (1): 540–543. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4804826
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