mie_hydro.f90 File Reference

Functions/Subroutines

subroutine mie_hydro (F, W, T, Nc, type, ksca, sbck)
 Wrapper to compute the backscattering and exctintion coefficients of all particles except for melting particles (see mie_meltp instead). The particle size distribution and refractive index area calculated prior to use the Mie scattering code to retrieve the coefficients. An integration is performed over several particle radius. More...
 

Function/Subroutine Documentation

subroutine mie_hydro ( real, intent(in)  F,
real, intent(in)  W,
real, intent(in)  T,
real, intent(in)  Nc,
character*4, intent(in)  type,
real, intent(out)  ksca,
real, intent(out)  sbck 
)

Wrapper to compute the backscattering and exctintion coefficients of all particles except for melting particles (see mie_meltp instead). The particle size distribution and refractive index area calculated prior to use the Mie scattering code to retrieve the coefficients. An integration is performed over several particle radius.

Parameters
F[in] Frequency [GHz]
W[in] Liquid or ice water content [g/m3]
T[in] Temperature [K]
Nc[in] Particle number concentration [1/m3]
type[in] Particle type (rain,snow,hail,grpl,cldi,cldw)
ksca[out] extinction coefficient [1/km]
sbck[out] backscatter coefficient [1/km]
See Also
psd_hydro
ref_hydro
mie_sphere
Author
Bernat P Treserras (berna.nosp@m.t.pt.nosp@m.reser.nosp@m.ras@.nosp@m.mcgil.nosp@m.l.ca) McGill University
Date
August 30th, 2016 - Initial version
Adapted and updated from all mie_type routines from SDSU H. M. (May, 2009)