Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 9, 0901003(2022)

Analysis of Polarization Radiation Characteristics of Strong Convective Cloud Clusters

Jiajia Wang1,2,3, Rufang Ti1,3、*, Xiao Liu1,3,4, Honglian Huang1,3,4, and Xiaobing Sun1,3,4
Author Affiliations
  • 1Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
  • 2University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Optical Calibration and Characterization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
  • 4Hefei Chief Expert Studio of Agricultural Industry, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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    The strong convective cloud cluster is one of the important research objects in the meteorology field. The polarization radiation characteristics of strong convective cloud clusters are studied by using the observation data of the atmospheric aerosol multi-angle directional polarimetric camera (DPC), which provides multi-dimensional information for the identification of strong convective cloud clusters. Taking strong convective cloud clusters, typhoon cloud clusters, and non-precipitation cloud clusters as examples, the research shows that the reflectivity of strong convective cloud clusters is higher than that of non-precipitation cloud clusters, and its spatial distribution is more uniform. Most part of the developing strong convective clusters are ice crystal particles, and only the edge part has liquid water, while the phase distributions in other non-precipitation clouds are quite different. Under similar illumination and observation geometry conditions, the dispersion of the polarization angle spatial distribution of the strong convective cloud clusters is larger than that of non-precipitation cloud clusters, and there is a large difference between the average of polarization angles. The polarization angle image of the strong convective cloud cluster can well characterize its contour characteristics.

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    Jiajia Wang, Rufang Ti, Xiao Liu, Honglian Huang, Xiaobing Sun. Analysis of Polarization Radiation Characteristics of Strong Convective Cloud Clusters[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(9): 0901003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric Optics and Oceanic Optics

    Received: Nov. 10, 2021

    Accepted: Jan. 6, 2022

    Published Online: May. 6, 2022

    The Author Email: Ti Rufang (tirufang@aiofm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.0901003

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