Timeline for Cloud Microphysics - Does It contain Ice Or Water Or Both?
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| Oct 31, 2013 at 18:18 | comment | added | Edd | Thanks, that cleared it up a bit. I have a feeling my dataset is one that does not distinguish between LWC and total water content (I calculate LWC from particle concentrations for various discrete particle sizes using summation instead of an integral). | |
| Oct 31, 2013 at 15:48 | comment | added | wingsofvalmar | Well the effective radius usually increases as water moves from a liquid to ice phase, so going by effective radius would probably be a bit more reliable than just using temperature data, as otherwise you run into the supercooling problem illustrated by gerrit below! However ice crystal shapes can be irregular so this is not always accurate. Alternately if you have LWC and total water content you can subtract to find IWC. The only problem there is that some datasets don't really differentiate between LWC and total water content. | |
| Oct 30, 2013 at 18:22 | comment | added | Edd | Could you expand on the first part? I have the effective radius but no absorption data. | |
| Oct 30, 2013 at 16:43 | history | answered | wingsofvalmar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |