Assessment and validation of the community radiative transfer model for ice cloud conditions Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2014 SPIE. The performance of the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) under ice cloud conditions is evaluated and improved with the implementation of MODIS collection 6 ice cloud optical property model based on the use of severely roughened solid column aggregates and a modified Gamma particle size distribution. New ice cloud bulk scattering properties (namely, the extinction efficiency, single-scattering albedo, asymmetry factor, and scattering phase function) suitable for application to the CRTM are calculated by using the most up-to-date ice particle optical property library. CRTM-based simulations illustrate reasonable accuracy in comparison with the counterparts derived from a combination of the Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer (DISORT) model and the Line-by-line Radiative Transfer Model (LBLRTM). Furthermore, simulations of the top of the atmosphere brightness temperature with CRTM for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) are carried out to further evaluate the updated CRTM ice cloud optical property look-up table.

name of conference

  • Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation V

published proceedings

  • REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, CLOUDS, AND PRECIPITATION V

author list (cited authors)

  • Yi, B., Yang, P., Weng, F., & Liu, Q.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Yi, Bingqi||Yang, Ping||Weng, Fuzhong||Liu, Quanhua

editor list (cited editors)

  • Im, E., Yang, S., & Zhang, P.

publication date

  • November 2014