Simultaneous observation of a glory and in-situ microphysical cloud properties

While making airborne measurements of cloud particles, a bright glory was observed on a thin layer cloud. By deliberately flying through this glory-producing cloud on several occasions, cloud particle size distributions were obtained. We found that warm liquid clouds with narrow cloud droplet size d...

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Published inApplied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 56; no. 19; p. G5
Main Authors Konwar, Mahen, Laven, Philip, Prabha, T V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.2017
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Summary:While making airborne measurements of cloud particles, a bright glory was observed on a thin layer cloud. By deliberately flying through this glory-producing cloud on several occasions, cloud particle size distributions were obtained. We found that warm liquid clouds with narrow cloud droplet size distributions are responsible for producing the observed glory. This paper presents these results and compares the results of Mie theory simulations with an image of the glory.
ISSN:2155-3165
DOI:10.1364/AO.56.0000G5