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Theoretical Calculations of Directional Scattering Intensities of Small Nonspherical Ice Crystals: Implications for Forward Scattering Probes

Author(s)
Jang, SeonghyeonKim, JeonggyuMcFarquhar, Greg M.Park, SungminLee, Seoung SooJung, Chang HoonPark, Sang SeoCha, Joo WanLee, KyoungmiUm, Junshik
Issued Date
2022-06
DOI
10.3390/rs14122795
URI
https://scholarworks.unist.ac.kr/handle/201301/58849
Citation
REMOTE SENSING, v.14, no.12, pp.2795
Abstract
In situ aircraft measurements of the sizes and concentrations of liquid cloud droplets and ice crystals with maximum dimensions (D-max) less than similar to 50 mu m have been measured mainly using forward scattering probes over the past half century. The operating principle of forward scattering probes is that the measured intensity of light scattered by a cloud particle at specific forward scattering angles can be related to the size of that particle assuming the shape and thermodynamic phase of the target are known. Current forward-scattering probes assume spherical liquid cloud droplets and use the Lorenz-Mie theory to convert the scattered light to particle size. Uncertainties in sizing ice crystals using forward scattering probes are unavoidable since the single-scattering properties of ice crystals differ from those of spherical liquid cloud droplets and because their shapes can vary. In this study, directional scattering intensities of four different aspect ratios (ARs = 0.25, 0.50, 1.00, and 2.00) of hexagonal ice crystals with random orientations and of spherical liquid cloud droplets were calculated using the discrete dipole approximation (i.e., ADDA) and Lorenz-Mie code, respectively, to quantify the errors in sizing small ice crystals and cloud droplets using current forward scattering probes and to determine the ranges of optimal scattering angles that would be used in future forward scattering probes. The calculations showed that current forward scattering probes have average 5.0% and 17.4% errors in sizing liquid cloud droplets in the forward (4-12 degrees) and backward (168-176 degrees) direction, respectively. For measurements of hexagonal ice crystals, average sizing errors were 42.1% (23.9%) in the forward (backward) direction and depended on the ARs of hexagonal ice crystals, which are larger than those for liquid cloud droplets. A newly developed size conversion table based on the calculated single-scattering properties of hexagonal ice crystals using the ADDA reduced the sizing errors for the hexagonal ice crystals down to 14.2% (21.9%) in the forward (backward) direction. This study is a purely theoretical examination of the operating principle of forward scattering probes and there are several limitations, such as assumed hexagonal ice crystals with smooth surfaces and random orientations.
Publisher
MDPI
ISSN
2072-4292
Keyword (Author)
forward scattering probenonspherical ice crystalsizing erroroptimal scattering angleLorenz-Mie theorydiscrete dipole approximation
Keyword
LIQUIDFSSPQUASI-SPHERICAL ICELIGHT-SCATTERINGAEROSOL SPECTROMETEROPTICAL-PROPERTIESCLOUD PARTICLESCALIBRATIONSHAPEPERFORMANCE

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