Detecting Supercooled Water Clouds Using Passive Radiometer Measurements

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 49; no. 4
• Main Authors: Zhou, Ganning, Wang, Jianjie, Yin, Yan, Hu, Xiuqing, Letu, Husi, Sohn, Byung‐Ju, Yung, Yuk L., Liu, Chao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 28.02.2022
• Subjects: Accretion; Air safety; Aircraft; Aircraft accidents & safety; Aircraft icing; Algorithms; Artificial precipitation; Aviation; Brightness temperature; Channels; Cloud properties; Clouds; Detection; Droplets; Earth; Freezing; Freezing point; Ice accretion; Ice accumulation; Infrared radiometers; Latitude; Lidar; Lidar measurements; Melting points; Meteorological satellites; Microwave imagery; Oceans; passive radiometers; Precipitation; Properties; Radar; Radiance; Radiation; Radiation balance; Radiation budget; Radiometers; Rainmaking; Reflectance; Safety; Satellites; Supercooled water; supercooled water clouds; Surface radiation temperature; Synchronous satellites; Temperature differences; Temperature gradients; Water; Water droplets; Water drops; Weather; Weather modification

Supercooled water clouds (SWCs) have significant impacts on the Earth's radiation balance, aircraft ice accretion and precipitation augmentation. This study introduces an efficient algorithm to detect SWCs from passive radiometers, which combines information from the reflectance difference betw...