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Cloud-Resolving Modeling of Convective Processes

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In this chapter, vertical profiles of temperature, specific humidity, and mixing ratio of cloud hydrometeors from cloud-resolving models are applied to radiative transfer model to simulate microwave radiance responses to cloud hydrometeors. The sensitivity experiments of radiances to cloud hydrometeors are used to remove cloud-induced contamination from cloudy radiances. The comparison in radiance between simulations and observations is conducted to evaluate the effects of accretion of snow by graupel on radiance. The cloud microphysical budgets from the experiments with and without the accretion processes are also compared to analyze the effects of the accretion on cloud budget.

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  1. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Xiaofan Li

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Li, X., Gao, S. (2016). Remote Sensing Applications. In: Cloud-Resolving Modeling of Convective Processes. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26360-1_15

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