DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064604
论文题名: Frequency of occurrence of rain from liquid-, mixed-, and ice-phase clouds derived from A-Train satellite retrievals
作者: Mülmenstädt J. ; Sourdeval O. ; Delanoë J. ; Quaas J.
刊名: Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN: 0094-8637
EISSN: 1944-8368
出版年: 2015
卷: 42, 期: 15 起始页码: 6502
结束页码: 6509
语种: 英语
英文关键词: cloud thermodynamic phase
; precipitation
; remote sensing
Scopus关键词: Ice
; Image reconstruction
; Precipitation (chemical)
; Precipitation (meteorology)
; Radiometers
; Remote sensing
; General circulation model
; Hydrological cycles
; Intertropical convergence zone
; Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer
; Precipitating clouds
; Precipitation frequency
; Precipitation rates
; Satellite retrieval
; Rain
; CALIPSO
; climatology
; CloudSat
; frequency analysis
; general circulation model
; hydrological cycle
; intertropical convergence zone
; MODIS
; precipitation (climatology)
; remote sensing
; satellite imagery
; thermodynamics
; China
; India
英文摘要: A climatology of thermodynamic phase of precipitating cloud is presented derived from global - land and ocean -, retrievals from Cloudsat, CALIPSO, and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. Like precipitation rate, precipitation frequency is dominated by warm rain, defined as rain produced via the liquid phase only, over the tropical oceans outside the Intertropical Convergence Zone and by cold rain, produced via the ice phase, over the midlatitude oceans and continents. Warm rain is very infrequent over the continents, with significant warm rain found only in onshore flow in the tropics, and over India, China, and Indochina. Comparison of the properties of precipitating and nonprecipitating warm clouds shows that the scarcity of warm rain over land can be explained by smaller effective radii in continental clouds that delay the onset of precipitation. The results highlight the importance of ice-phase processes for the global hydrological cycle and may lead to an improved parameterization of precipitation in general circulation models. ©2015. The Authors. URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84940452388&doi=10.1002%2f2015GL064604&partnerID=40&md5=29280d52b13c6b91778ed0ad6d562561
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/8253
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作者单位: Institute of Meteorology, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Recommended Citation:
Mülmenstädt J.,Sourdeval O.,Delanoë J.,et al. Frequency of occurrence of rain from liquid-, mixed-, and ice-phase clouds derived from A-Train satellite retrievals[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2015-01-01,42(15).