Spaceborne Middle‐ and Far‐Infrared Observations Improving Nighttime Ice Cloud Property Retrievals

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori Saito ◽  
Ping Yang ◽  
Xianglei Huang ◽  
Helen E. Brindley ◽  
Martin G. Mlynczak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Far Infrared ◽  
Infrared Observations ◽  
Cloud Property ◽  
Ice Cloud

scholarly journals A test of the ability of current bulk optical models to represent the radiative properties of cirrus cloud across the mid-and far-infrared

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Bantges ◽  
Helen E. Brindley ◽  
Jonathan E. Murray ◽  
Alan E. Last ◽  
Cathryn Fox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Compensation Effect ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Single Scattering ◽  
Radiative Properties ◽  
Cirrus Cloud ◽  
Atmospheric Measurements ◽  
Infrared Observations ◽  
Ice Cloud ◽  
Infrared Frequency Range ◽  
The Uk

Abstract. Measurements of mid- to far-infrared nadir radiances obtained from the UK Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) BAe-146 aircraft during the Cirrus Coupled Cloud-Radiation Experiment (CIRCCREX) are used to assess the performance of various ice cloud bulk optical (single-scattering) property models. Through use of a minimisation approach, we find that the simulations can reproduce the observed spectra in the mid-infrared to within measurement uncertainty but are unable to simultaneously match the observations over the far-infrared frequency range. When both mid and far-infrared observations are used to minimise residuals, first order estimates of the flux differences between the best performing simulations and observations indicate a strong compensation effect between the mid and far infrared such that the absolute broadband difference is

scholarly journals A test of the ability of current bulk optical models to represent the radiative properties of cirrus cloud across the mid- and far-infrared

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (21) ◽  
pp. 12889-12903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Bantges ◽  
Helen E. Brindley ◽  
Jonathan E. Murray ◽  
Alan E. Last ◽  
Jacqueline E. Russell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Far Infrared ◽  
Radiative Properties ◽  
Atmospheric Measurements ◽  
Mid Infrared ◽  
Infrared Observations ◽  
Ice Cloud ◽  
Spectral Flux ◽  
Infrared Frequency Range ◽  
Infrared Radiances ◽  
The Uk

Abstract. Measurements of mid- to far-infrared nadir radiances obtained from the UK Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) BAe 146 aircraft during the Cirrus Coupled Cloud-Radiation Experiment (CIRCCREX) are used to assess the performance of various ice cloud bulk optical property models. Through use of a minimization approach, we find that the simulations can reproduce the observed spectra in the mid-infrared to within measurement uncertainty, but they are unable to simultaneously match the observations over the far-infrared frequency range. When both mid- and far-infrared observations are used to minimize residuals, first-order estimates of the spectral flux differences between the best-performing simulations and observations indicate a compensation effect between the mid- and far-infrared such that the absolute broadband difference is < 0.7 W m−2. However, simply matching the spectra using the mid-infrared (far-infrared) observations in isolation leads to substantially larger discrepancies, with absolute differences reaching ∼ 1.8 (3.1) W m−2. These results show that simulations using these microphysical models may give a broadly correct integrated longwave radiative impact but that this masks spectral errors, with implicit consequences for the vertical distribution of atmospheric heating. They also imply that retrievals using these models applied to mid-infrared radiances in isolation will select cirrus optical properties that are inconsistent with far-infrared radiances. As such, the results highlight the potential benefit of more extensive far-infrared observations for the assessment and, where necessary, the improvement of current ice bulk optical models.

scholarly journals Accretion and Outflow Activity in the Earliest Phases of Star-Formation: CO, Sub-mm Continuum, and Near-Infrared Observations

1997 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 725-726
Author(s):  
K.-W. Hodapp ◽  
E. F. Ladd
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Spectral Energy Distribution ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Spectral Energy ◽  
Infrared Observations ◽  
Circumstellar Material ◽  
Dense Cores ◽  
Wavelength Radiation ◽  
Main Component

Stars in the earliest phases of their formation, i.e., those accreting the main component of their final mass, are deeply embedded within dense cores of dust and molecular material. Because of the high line-of-sight extinction and the large amount of circumstellar material, stellar emission is reprocessed by dust into long wavelength radiation, typically in the far-infrared and sub-millimeter bands. Consequently, the youngest sources are strong submillimeter continuum sources, and often undetectable as point sources in the near-infrared and optical. The most deeply embedded of these sources have been labelled “Class 0” sources by André, Ward-Thompson, & Barsony (1994), in an extension of the spectral energy distribution classification scheme first proposed by Adams, Lada, & Shu (1987).

New far infrared observations of the central 30ʹ of the galaxy

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Dent ◽  
M. W. Werner ◽  
I. Gatley ◽  
E. E. Becklin ◽  
R. H. Hildebrand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Far Infrared ◽  
Infrared Observations ◽  
The Galaxy

scholarly journals A Galactic dust devil: far-infrared observations of the Tornado supernova remnant candidate

2020 ◽  
Vol 499 (4) ◽  
pp. 5665-5678
Author(s):  
H Chawner ◽  
A D P Howard ◽  
H L Gomez ◽  
M Matsuura ◽  
F Priestley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Emission ◽  
Supernova Remnant ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Large Mass ◽  
Dust Devils ◽  
Infrared Observations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Ss 433 ◽  
Multiple Regions ◽  
Tail Structure

ABSTRACT We present complicated dust structures within multiple regions of the candidate supernova remnant (SNR) the ‘Tornado’ (G357.7–0.1) using observations with Spitzer and Herschel. We use point process mapping, ppmap, to investigate the distribution of dust in the Tornado at a resolution of 8 arcsec, compared to the native telescope beams of 5–36 arcsec. We find complex dust structures at multiple temperatures within both the head and the tail of the Tornado, ranging from 15 to 60 K. Cool dust in the head forms a shell, with some overlap with the radio emission, which envelopes warm dust at the X-ray peak. Akin to the terrestrial sandy whirlwinds known as ‘dust devils’, we find a large mass of dust contained within the Tornado. We derive a total dust mass for the Tornado head of 16.7 $\rm M_{\odot }$, assuming a dust absorption coefficient of κ300 = 0.56 $\rm m^2\, kg^{-1}$, which can be explained by interstellar material swept up by a SNR expanding in a dense region. The X-ray, infrared, and radio emission from the Tornado head indicate that this is a SNR. The origin of the tail is more unclear, although we propose that there is an X-ray binary embedded in the SNR, the outflow from which drives into the SNR shell. This interaction forms the helical tail structure in a similar manner to that of the SNR W50 and microquasar SS 433.

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