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1 Paul Lawson and Brad Baker (SPEC) Eric Jensen (NASA ARC), David Mitchell (Dri) Microphysical and Radiative Properties of Tropical Clouds R esults from TC4 and NAMMA

2 Anvil and Turrets on 7/24Aged Anvil Cirrus on 8/8 In Situ Cirrus on 7/22

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7 Decrease in Number Concentration, Extinction and Mass Across a TC4 Anvil from DC-8 In Situ Data at FL370 on 24 July 2008

8 Jensen et al. (2009)

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11 TWP-ICE ~ 100 km Downwind ~ 300 km Downwind

12 Examples of Crystal Chains Formed in Continental Anvils With High Electric Fields (Connolly et al. 2005 - QJRMS)

13 Comparison of Cloud Radiative Heating Profiles (SSA, g,  Mitchell MADA Code used to Compute Optical Properties (SSA, g,  ext ) from 2D-S Area and Mass PSD’s  Optical Properties fed into Toon et al. (1989) Two-Stream Radiative Transfer Code to Compute Heating Rates.

14 Comparison of Cloud Radiative Heating Profiles

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19  CVI and 2D-S IWC Agree to Within About 20% in the mean.  Average Microphysical Properties are Similar from one Tropical Maritime Region (TC4) to Another (NAMMA)  Significant Microphysical Variability (i.e., Particle Concentration,  ext, IWC, Particle Shape) Exists Within a Region on scales from Tens to Thousands of Kilometers, however, Particles from about 100 to 400  m Dominate Extinction and IWC in all Cloud Types.  Two-Stream Radiative Transfer Model (Toon 1989) gives Cloud Heating Rates using Actual In Situ Measurements. Summary Conc. cc -1  ext Km -1 IWC g m -3  0.10.50.010.5 0.110.032 0.5150.525 5501.5500 In Situ Cirrus: Aged Anvil Cirrus: Fresh Anvil Cirrus: Convective Turrets:


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