HR: 1340h
AN: A23C-0961    [Abstracts]
TI: Comparison of Instrument Measurements of Mixed Phase Cloud Characteristics from AIRS 2
AU: * Bailey, M
EM: matt.bailey@dri.edu
AF: Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512 United States
AU: Hallett, J
A23C-0961 AF: Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512 United States
AB: In November and December of 2003, the 2nd Alliance Icing Research Study (AIRS 2) was conducted in the Great Lakes Region. NCAR's C-130 was one of the aircraft involved which carried an extensive array of instruments from a number of the projects participants. Two case studies are presented involving mixed phase clouds, a "warm" case near the melting level and a "cold" case in a complex of convective towers. A comparison is made of ice crystal and droplet images obtained with a cloud particle imager (CPI) with liquid and ice water content measurements from a pair of new probes in addition to dual wavelength lidar measurements. The comparison reveals the temporal and spatial variation of supercooled liquid in mixed phase clouds as well as the influence of overlying precipitating clouds on riming and ice crystal habit.
DE: 3311 Clouds and aerosols
DE: 3394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005