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Kneifel, Stefan ORCID: 0000-0003-2220-2968, Redl, Stephanie, Orlandi, Emiliano, Loehnert, Ulrich, Cadeddu, Maria P., Turner, David D. and Chen, Ming-Tang (2014). Absorption Properties of Supercooled Liquid Water between 31 and 225 GHz: Evaluation of Absorption Models Using Ground-Based Observations. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 53 (4). S. 1028 - 1046. BOSTON: AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC. ISSN 1558-8432

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Abstract

Microwave radiometers (MWR) are commonly used to quantify the amount of supercooled liquid water (SLW) in clouds; however, the accuracy of the SLW retrievals is limited by the poor knowledge of the SLW dielectric properties at microwave frequencies. Six liquid water permittivity models were compared with ground-based MWR observations between 31 and 225 GHz from sites in Greenland, the German Alps, and a low-mountain site; average cloud temperatures of observed thin cloud layers range from 0 degrees to -33 degrees C. A recently published method to derive ratios of liquid water opacity from different frequencies was employed in this analysis. These ratios are independent of liquid water path and equal to the ratio of alpha(L) at those frequencies that can be directly compared with the permittivity model predictions. The observed opacity ratios from all sites show highly consistent results that are generally within the range of model predictions; however, none of the models are able to approximate the observations over the entire frequency and temperature range. Findings in earlier published studies were used to select one specific model as a reference model for alpha(L) at 90 GHz; together with the observed opacity ratios, the temperature dependence of alpha(L) at 31.4, 52.28, 150, and 225 GHz was derived. The results reveal that two models fit the opacity ratio data better than the other four models, with one of the two models fitting the data better for frequencies below 90GHz and the other for higher frequencies. These findings are relevant for SLW retrievals and radiative transfer in the 31-225-GHz frequency region.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kneifel, Stefan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2220-2968 UNSPECIFIED Redl, Stephanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Orlandi, Emiliano UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Loehnert, Ulrich UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cadeddu, Maria P. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Turner, David D. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Chen, Ming-Tang UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-441044
DOI:	10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0214.1
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol.
Volume:	53
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 1028 - 1046
Date:	2014
Publisher:	AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
Place of Publication:	BOSTON
ISSN:	1558-8432
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CLOUD LIQUID; DIELECTRIC-RELAXATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; ICE; PERMITTIVITY; TEMPERATURE; FREQUENCIES; RETRIEVAL; VAPOR; PURE Multiple languages Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44104