NASA NTRS · 19920053090
Cirrus microphysics and radiative transfer - Cloud field study on 28 October 1986
Abstract
An analysis of remote-sensing measurements which had detected an inhomogeneous cloud structure, at 6-11 km altitude, in the data acquired during the FIRE 86 experiment in a 75 x 50 km cirrus cloud field, has derived fluxes whose comparison with modeled fluxes imply a modeling-based underestimation of both solar reflectivity/attenuation and downward IR fluxes. Reconciliation of model results with measurements can be achieved either by adding large concentrations of ice crystals or by altering the backscattering properties of ice crystals.
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Kinne, Stefan, Ackerman, Thomas P., Heymsfield, Andrew J., Valero, Francisco P. J., Sassen, Kenneth, Spinhirne, James D.. 1992-05-01. Cirrus microphysics and radiative transfer - Cloud field study on 28 October 1986. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19920053090
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