The Characteristics of Ice Cloud Properties Derived from Satellite Data in Northwest China

LIN Tong; ZHENG Youfei; LI Te; WANG Liwen

doi:10.7522/j.issn.1000-0534.2017.00088

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7522/j.issn.1000-0534.2017.00088

The Characteristics of Ice Cloud Properties Derived from Satellite Data in Northwest China

LIN Tong ,
ZHENG Youfei ,
LI Te ,
WANG Liwen

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The School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information & Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China;Jiang Su Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China;The School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information & Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China

Received date: 2017-08-23

Online published: 2018-08-28

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The Northwest China probability distribution of ice cloud occurrence frequency, ice water content and ice cloud effective radius were presented based on DARDAR data coalesce from Cloud-Aerosols Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) and CloudSat Satellite which come from A-Train Satellite formation during the period from December 2012 to November 2016, the distribution and vertical structures were discussed and analyzed. The results show that, the occurrence frequency of ice cloud is 55.1% over the last four years and the occurrence frequency of ice cloud in spring is mostly greater than 70% apart from the Midwest area of Hexi-Inner Mongolia, it has obvious seasonal variation. The amplitude of season variation is bigger in 2015 and 2016 than the first two years, and ice cloud occurrence frequency generally small in the desert area. The high occurrence frequency of ice cloud area is in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau because of the special terrain; The occurrence frequency of ice cloud is both bigger in spring, autumn and winter but only smaller in summer at the northeastern of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, because the warm and humid air from the Indian Ocean is blocked by the southern mountain of the plateau, which leads to a lower occurrence frequency of ice cloud in the northeastern of plateau in summer. The ice water content is almost has no ice water distribution above 13 km, ice water content in Northwest China is the biggest in summer and almost has no ice water distribution below 5 km because of the high temperature in summer that make ice cloud not easy to form in the lower floors, and the ice water content is generally smaller in autumn and winter. The difference of ice water content between different regions in northwest of China is relatively large; Ice cloud effective radius and ice water content had a similar trend in the whole of Northwest China area and five different sections, which are bigger in spring and summer and smaller in winter and autumn; Especially in summer, ice effective radius is generally larger, but ice cloud effective radius is relatively small in the numerical value of ice water content area 37°N-39°N because of the higher temperature in summer. The difference of the Ice cloud effective radius between different regions in Northwest China is relatively larger, the Ice cloud effective radius is minimum in The east seasonal wind areas of Northwest China and biggest in Northern Xinjiang and the midwest of Qilian Mountain-Qinghai area.

Key words： Ice cloud; ice cloud occurrence; ice water content; effective radius

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LIN Tong , ZHENG Youfei , LI Te , WANG Liwen . The Characteristics of Ice Cloud Properties Derived from Satellite Data in Northwest China[J]. Plateau Meteorology, 2018 , 37(4) : 1051 -1060 . DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-0534.2017.00088

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