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Development and application of new methods to retrieve vertical structure of precipitation above the ARM CART sites from MMCR measurements [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2010.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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University of Colorado Boulder, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary:
The main objective of this project was to develop, validate and apply remote sensing methods to retrieve vertical profiles of precipitation over the DOE ARM CART sites using currently available remote sensors. While the ARM Program invested very heavily into developments of remote sensing methods and instruments for water vapor and non-precipitating cloud parameter retrievals, precipitation retrievals and studies lagged behind. Precipitation, however, is a crucial part of the water cycle, and without detailed information on rainfall and snowfall, significant improvements in the atmospheric models of different scales (i.e., one of the ARM Program's main goals) is difficult to achieve. Characterization of the vertical atmospheric column above the CART sites is also incomplete without detailed precipitation information, so developments of remote sensing methods for retrievals of parameters in precipitating cloud condition was essential. Providing modelers with retrieval results was also one of the key objectives of this research project.
Report Numbers:
E 1.99:doe/05er63954
doe/05er63954
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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/15/2010.
"doe/05er63954"
Dr. Sergey Matrosov.
Type of Report and Period Covered Note:
Final;
Funding Information:
FG02-05ER63954
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