DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018515
论文题名: Validation of a radiosonde-based cloud layer detection method against a ground-based remote sensing method at multiple arm sites
作者: Zhang J. ; Li Z. ; Chen H. ; Cribb M.
刊名: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
ISSN: 21698996
出版年: 2013
卷: 118, 期: 2 起始页码: 846
结束页码: 858
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Information retrieval
; Radar
; Remote sensing
; Atmospheric radiation measurement programs
; Cloud vertical structure
; Ground-based remote sensing
; Millimeter microwaves
; North Slope of Alaska
; Southern great plains
; Tropical Western Pacific
; U.S. Department of Energy
; Radiosondes
; cloud
; radiosonde
; remote sensing
; satellite data
; troposphere
; Pacific Ocean
; Pacific Ocean (West)
; United States
英文摘要: Cloud vertical structure is a key quantity in meteorological and climate studies, but it is also among the most difficult quantities to observe. In this study, we develop a long-term (10 years) radiosonde-based cloud profile product for the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program Southern Great Plains (SGP), Tropical Western Pacific (TWP), and North Slope of Alaska (NSA) sites and a shorter-term product for the ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) deployed in Shouxian, Anhui Province, China (AMF-China). The AMF-China site was in operation from 14 May to 28 December 2008; the ARM sites have been collecting data for over 15 years. The Active Remote Sensing of Cloud (ARSCL) value-added product (VAP), which combines data from the 95-GHz W-band ARM Cloud Radar (WACR) and/or the 35-GHz Millimeter Microwave Cloud Radar (MMCR), is used in this study to validate the radiosonde-based cloud layer retrieval method. The performance of the radiosonde-based cloud layer retrieval method applied to data from different climate regimes is evaluated. Overall, cloud layers derived from the ARSCL VAP and radiosonde data agree very well at the SGP and AMF-China sites. At the TWP and NSA sites, the radiosonde tends to detect more cloud layers in the upper troposphere. © 2012. American Geophysical Union. 资助项目: 40830102
; AGS-1118325
; DESC0007171
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/63990
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候减缓与适应
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作者单位: Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environmental Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States; State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, GCESS, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Recommended Citation:
Zhang J.,Li Z.,Chen H.,et al. Validation of a radiosonde-based cloud layer detection method against a ground-based remote sensing method at multiple arm sites[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres,2013-01-01,118(2)