PRELIMINARY-STUDY ON SIMULTANEOUS LIDAR M EASUREMENTS OF DROPLET EFFECTIVE RADIUS AND CLOUD-WATER CONTENT

Authors
FLAMANT PH ELOURAGINI S PELON J
Citation
Ph. Flamant et al., PRELIMINARY-STUDY ON SIMULTANEOUS LIDAR M EASUREMENTS OF DROPLET EFFECTIVE RADIUS AND CLOUD-WATER CONTENT, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 323(7), 1996, pp. 563-568
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
323
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
563 - 568
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1996)323:7<563:POSLME>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A new lidar technique is proposed to determine simultaneously the effe ctive droplet radius and liquid water content in warm stratiform non-p recipitating clouds. It relies on the retrieval of extinction profiles at two wavelengths 0.53 and 10.6 mu m, and on the relationships linki ng the optical and microphysical parameters. The new technique has bee n tested during a preliminary experiment.