Lidar observations of the horizontal orientation of ice crystals in cirrus clouds

L. Thomas; J. C. Cartwright; D. P. Wareing

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v42i2.15206

Lidar observations of the horizontal orientation of ice crystals in cirrus clouds

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 42 (1990): Issue 2

By: L. Thomas, J. C. Cartwright and D. P. Wareing

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|Jan 1990

Abstract

A scanning lidar system has been used at Aberystwyth (52.4°N, 4.1°W) to measure the backscatter and depolarization ratios in cirrus clouds. The measurements indicate that the height of maximum occurrence was near 9 km and that about 50% of clouds showed the presence at some height of ice crystals having a near horizontal orientation. The angular dependence of the backscatter about the vertical showed that the maximum tilt angle of these crystals from the horizontal plane was about 0.3°.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v42i2.15206 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 211 - 216

Submitted on: Oct 10, 1988

Accepted on: Jul 4, 1989

Published on: Jan 1, 1990

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© 1990 L. Thomas, J. C. Cartwright, D. P. Wareing, published by Stockholm University Press
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