Intensity and polarization characteristics of the light scattered by the ice crystals of cirrus clouds with preferred orientations

A. V. Burnashov; A. Feldshtein; E. Sibiryakova; D. Dzhurmii

doi:10.1117/12.733948

25 September 2007 Intensity and polarization characteristics of the light scattered by the ice crystals of cirrus clouds with preferred orientations

A. V. Burnashov, A. Feldshtein, E. Sibiryakova, D. Dzhurmii

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Proceedings Volume 6708, Atmospheric Optics: Models, Measurements, and Target-in-the-Loop Propagation; 67080X (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.733948
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Knowledge of optical properties of ice crystal particles of cirrus clouds is a challenging problem of atmospheric optics. Cirrus clouds cover, in average, 20%-30% of Earth's surface that leads to their essential impact of climate. Therefore these optical properties are needed for incorporation in up-to-date models of Earth's radiation budget and, consequently, they should be used in numerical models of climate prediction or climate change. The optical properties of ice crystal particles have been calculated for recent 20-30 years by a lot of authors under an assumption of 3-D orientation. However, the crystals often reveal a tendency to be oriented in the horizontal plane because of aerodynamic laws. Phase functions for light scattering by horizontally and preferably oriented hexagonal ice plates and columns are numerically calculated within the framework of geometric optics. The main quantitative properties of the halos (sundog, parhelion 120°, suncave Parry arc, sunvex Parry arc, and others) are obtained for a number of both incident light directions and aspect ratios of the plates and columns respectively. A parameterization of the phase functions in the parhelic, subparhelic and circumzenithal (circumhorizonthal) circles for the plates and all scattered energy for the columns are proposed based on the integral contributions of the narrow angular peaks (halos) that are tabulated as the weight coefficients. Our results can be used for atmospheric lidar observation for determining of size, shape distributions of the ice crystals particles in cirrus clouds. A method for retrieving aspect ratios of the plates by means of polarization measurements is discussed.

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A. V. Burnashov, A. Feldshtein, E. Sibiryakova, and D. Dzhurmii "Intensity and polarization characteristics of the light scattered by the ice crystals of cirrus clouds with preferred orientations", Proc. SPIE 6708, Atmospheric Optics: Models, Measurements, and Target-in-the-Loop Propagation, 67080X (25 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.733948

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