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Research article
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23 Jun 2015
Research article |
| 23 Jun 2015
Parameterization of single-scattering properties of snow
P. Räisänen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
A. Kokhanovsky
EUMETSAT, Eumetsat Allee 1, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany
Institute of Remote Sensing, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
G. Guyot
Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP) Université Blaise Pascal/CNRS/OPGC, 24 avenue des Landais, 63177 Aubiére CEDEX, France
O. Jourdan
Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP) Université Blaise Pascal/CNRS/OPGC, 24 avenue des Landais, 63177 Aubiére CEDEX, France
T. Nousiainen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
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Short summary
While snow grains are distinctly non-spherical, spheres are often assumed in radiative transfer calculations. Here, angular scattering measurements for blowing snow are used to select an optically equivalent snow grain shape model. Parameterizations are then developed for the asymmetry parameter, single-scattering co-albedo and phase function of snow. The parameterizations will help to improve the treatment of snow in radiative transfer applications, including remote sensing and climate models.
While snow grains are distinctly non-spherical, spheres are often assumed in radiative transfer...
