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A. Maitra and S. Chakraborty, “Cloud Liquid Water Content and Cloud Attenuation Studies with Radiosonde Data at a Tropical Location,” Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2009, pp. 367-373. doi:10.1007/s10762-008-9452-8

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• TITLE: A Comparative Study of Cloud Liquid Water Content from Radiosonde Data at a Tropical Location

  AUTHORS: Swastika Chakraborty, Animesh Maitra

  KEYWORDS: Cloud Liquid Water Contents (LWC); Integrated Water Vapor (IWV)

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Geosciences, Vol.3 No.1, February 28, 2012

  ABSTRACT: In this paper, some features of cloud liquid water content with respect to rain and water vapor are presented. Cloud liquid water density profile is obtained from radiosonde observation with Salonen's model and Karsten's model at Kolkata, a tropical location in the Indian region. Cloud liquid water contents (LWC) are obtained from these profiles which show a prominent seasonal variation. The monsoon months exhibit much higher values of LWC than in other months. However Salonen's model yields higher LWC values than that obtained with Karsten's model. The variation of daily total rainfall with LWC shows a positive relationship indicating the role of LWC in controlling the rainfall. Also the variation pattern of LWC with integrated water vapor (IWV) content of the atmosphere indicates that a threshold value of water vapor is required for cloud to form and once cloud is formed LWC increases with IWV.