Validation of Ice Cloud Microphysical Properties Retrieval Using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm

Abstract The Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm has been used for retrieving ice cloud microphysical properties in this paper. The retrieval data include effective radius (re), ice water content (IWC), number density (N0), and distribution width parameter (w). First we examine the algorithm f...

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Published in:	Earth and Space Science
Main Authors:	Xia Ding, Xingyou Huang, Haitao Wang, Yanqiu Shen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021-08-01
Subjects:	CloudSat ice cloud Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm particle size distribution retrieval
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001325