• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 41, Issue 5, 850 (2022)
Biao WANG1, Yi-Wei HUO2, Xing GUO1、*, and Jia-Ji WU1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronic Engineering,Xidian University,Xi'an 710071,China
  • 2Science and Technology on Electromagnetic Scattering Laboratory,Shanghai 200438,China
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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.05.008 Cite this Article
    Biao WANG, Yi-Wei HUO, Xing GUO, Jia-Ji WU. Relationship between radar reflectivity factor and ice water content of non-spherical cirrus ice crystals at 220 GHz[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(5): 850 Copy Citation Text show less
    Ice crystals of different shapes
    Fig. 1. Ice crystals of different shapes
    Comparison of the water content calculated by refined ice cloud model with real values[6]
    Fig. 2. Comparison of the water content calculated by refined ice cloud model with real values6
    The measured data of the latitudinal cirrus particle size distribution[6]
    Fig. 3. The measured data of the latitudinal cirrus particle size distribution6
    Variation of backscattering cross section of ice crystals with different shapes of the maximum dimension D
    Fig. 4. Variation of backscattering cross section of ice crystals with different shapes of the maximum dimension D
    Zm-I relationship of (a) aggregate, (b) droxtal, (c) hexagonal column, (d) plate, (e) bullet rosette
    Fig. 5. Zm-I relationship of (a) aggregate, (b) droxtal, (c) hexagonal column, (d) plate, (e) bullet rosette
    Zm-I relationship of mixed ice crystal grains
    Fig. 6. Zm-I relationship of mixed ice crystal grains
    Comparison of the relationships between Zm and I derived in this study and other algorithms for ice clouds from previous studies at 94 GHz
    Fig. 7. Comparison of the relationships between Zm and I derived in this study and other algorithms for ice clouds from previous studies at 94 GHz
    Comparison of simulated data at 220 GH and measured data at 215 GHz
    Fig. 8. Comparison of simulated data at 220 GH and measured data at 215 GHz
    Serial numberIce crystalsContent(%)Maximum dimensions(μm)
    1Droxtal100D<60
    2Bullet rosette1560<D<1 000
    Hexagonal column50
    Hexagonal plate35
    3Hexagonal column451 000<D<2 500
    Solid hexagonal column45
    Aggregate10
    4Bullet rosette97D>2 500
    Aggregate3
    Table 1. New feature distribution of cirrus ice crystals
    Biao WANG, Yi-Wei HUO, Xing GUO, Jia-Ji WU. Relationship between radar reflectivity factor and ice water content of non-spherical cirrus ice crystals at 220 GHz[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(5): 850
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