Estimation of cloud microphysical parameters from radar, lidar and microwave radiometer during CLARE'98

In October 1998, the CLARE measurement campaign took place in Chilbolton, England. A variety of collocated instruments performed measurements on the clouds. Among the instruments were a microwave radiometer, lidars and radars. Also, particle size measuring probes were operated during flights through the clouds. Estimates of the cloud microphysical properties may be made by combining the measurements from the different remote sensing instruments. In this paper, two methods to estimate cloud microphysical properties are applied to the CLARE'98 data. Comparison of the results of one of the methods with in-situ data from the size measuring probes for 22 October shows reasonable agreement.