Reconciling Chord Length Distributions and Area Distributions for Fields of Fractal Cumulus Clouds

While the total cover of broken cloud fields can in principle be obtained from one-dimensional measurements, the cloud size distribution normally differs between two-dimensional (area) and one-dimensional retrieval (chord length) methods. In this study, we use output from high-resolution Large Eddy...

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Main Authors: Nicholas R. Barron, Shawn D. Ryan, Thijs Heus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Atmosphere
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/8/824