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SPARE-ICE: Synergistic ice water path from passive operational sensors
SMHI, Research Department, Atmospheric remote sensing.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1391-961X
2014 (English)In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, ISSN 2169-897X, E-ISSN 2169-8996, Vol. 119, no 3, p. 1504-1523Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This article presents SPARE-ICE, the Synergistic Passive Atmospheric Retrieval Experiment-ICE. SPARE-ICE is the first Ice Water Path (IWP) product combining infrared and microwave radiances. By using only passive operational sensors, the SPARE-ICE retrieval can be used to process data from at least the NOAA 15 to 19 and MetOp satellites, obtaining time series from 1998 onward. The retrieval is developed using collocations between passive operational sensors (solar, terrestrial infrared, microwave), the CloudSat radar, and the CALIPSO lidar. The collocations form a retrieval database matching measurements from passive sensors against the existing active combined radar-lidar product 2C-ICE. With this retrieval database, we train a pair of artificial neural networks to detect clouds and retrieve IWP. When considering solar, terrestrial infrared, and microwave-based measurements, we show that any combination of two techniques performs better than either single-technique retrieval. We choose not to include solar reflectances in SPARE-ICE, because the improvement is small, and so that SPARE-ICE can be retrieved both daytime and nighttime. The median fractional error between SPARE-ICE and 2C-ICE is around a factor 2, a figure similar to the random error between 2C-ICE ice water content (IWC) and in situ measurements. A comparison of SPARE-ICE with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Pathfinder Atmospheric Extended (PATMOS-X), and Microwave Surface and Precipitation Products System (MSPPS) indicates that SPARE-ICE appears to perform well even in difficult conditions. SPARE-ICE is available for public use.

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2014. Vol. 119, no 3, p. 1504-1523
Keywords [en]
ice clouds, remote sensing, synergies, microwave, infrared, shortwave
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Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
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Remote sensing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:smhi:diva-126DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020759ISI: 000332994600026OAI: oai:DiVA.org:smhi-126DiVA, id: diva2:801766
Available from: 2015-04-10 Created: 2015-03-26 Last updated: 2017-12-04Bibliographically approved

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