Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/Z/S/2003/00643
The properties of ice clouds and supercooled liquid water layer clouds derived from ground based polarimetric radar and lidar observations.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor AJ Illingworth, University of Reading, Meteorology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RJ Hogan, European Centre for Medium Range Weather, ECMWF
- Grant held at:
- University of Reading, Meteorology
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Water In The Atmosphere
- Tropospheric Processes
- Hydrological Processes
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Clouds play a crucial role in the radiation balance of the earth. The radiation properties of ice clouds are very dependent upon the size of the ice particles together with their density and shape and whether their orientation is random or there is a degree of alignment. The presence of thin layers of supercooled liquid clouds also has a profound influence on the radiative properties of clouds and their microphysical evolution. New measurement techniques using polarisation radar and depolarisation lidar dwelling at 45 degrees elevation together with dual wavelength Doppler cloud radars will be exploited which will reveal these properties and answer key questions about the evolution of mixed phase clouds and the properties of ice clouds. These techniques can then be adapted to provide global coverage using future spaceborne cloud radar and depolarisation lidar.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/Z/S/2003/00643
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- EO Programmes Pre FEC2
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Observing Techniques
This grant award has a total value of £215,486
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2,088 | £110,988 | £5,483 | £45,872 | £51,054 |
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