Cloud sciences using satellite remote sensing, cloud growth model, and radiative transfer

Takashi Y. Nakajima; Takashi N. Matsui; Husi Letu; Kentaroh Suzuki; Haruma Ishida; Nobuyuki Kikuchi; Graeme L. Stephens; Teruyuki Nakajima; Haruhisa Shimoda

doi:10.1117/12.869436

28 October 2010 Cloud sciences using satellite remote sensing, cloud growth model, and radiative transfer

Takashi Y. Nakajima, Takashi N. Matsui, Husi Letu, Kentaroh Suzuki, Haruma Ishida, Nobuyuki Kikuchi, Graeme L. Stephens, Teruyuki Nakajima, Haruhisa Shimoda

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Proceedings Volume 7859, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds III; 785905 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869436
Event: SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, 2010, Incheon, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

In recent years, it has been revealed that the cloud microphysical properties such as cloud particle radii obtained from satellite remote sensing were of apparent values. A combined use of passive and active sensor has gradually revealed about what we observed using passive imager thorough the vertical information of clouds obtained from active sensors. For understanding the process of cloud growth in nature, model that simulates cloud droplet growth is also needed. Observation results obtained from the satellite remote sensing are used for validating model such as cloud resolving model and spectral-bin microphysics cloud model. Vice-versa, models are used for understanding the process that are hidden in satellite-remote sensing results. We are aiming consistent understanding of clouds with observation and modeling. In this paper, we will introduce a preliminary result of multi-sensor view of warm water clouds and we will review our research strategy of cloud sciences, using satellite remote sensing, the cloud growth model, and the radiative transfer.

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Takashi Y. Nakajima, Takashi N. Matsui, Husi Letu, Kentaroh Suzuki, Haruma Ishida, Nobuyuki Kikuchi, Graeme L. Stephens, Teruyuki Nakajima, and Haruhisa Shimoda "Cloud sciences using satellite remote sensing, cloud growth model, and radiative transfer", Proc. SPIE 7859, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds III, 785905 (28 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869436

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