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Chylek & Borel 2004
Chylek, P. and Borel, C. (2004). Mixed phase cloud water/ice structure from high spatial resolution satellite data. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020428. issn: 0094-8276.

The ratio of satellite level radiances around 0.87 ¿m to radiances at 1.6 ¿m is sensitive to the material (water or ice) of cloud particles. Using the DOE MTI (Multispectral Thermal Imager) satellite based instrument we retrieve the cloud top structure of a mixed phase cloud over the Point Barrow, Alaska, with spatial resolution of about 20 m. We find a high variability on a scale of tens of meters consisting of pockets of pure water, mixed water and ice, and pockets of pure ice.

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Cloud physics and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Instruments and techniques, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Instruments and techniques, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Remote sensing
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Geophysical Research Letters
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