mie_meltp.f90 File Reference

Functions/Subroutines

subroutine mie_meltp (F, W, Nr, Ns, ksca, sbck)
 Wrapper to compute the backscattering and exctintion coefficients of melting particles. The melting layer is devided into sublayers from rain to snow and the refractive index is calculated accordingly More...
 

Function/Subroutine Documentation

subroutine mie_meltp ( real, intent(in)  F,
real, intent(in)  W,
real, intent(in)  Nr,
real, intent(in)  Ns,
real, intent(out)  ksca,
real, intent(out)  sbck 
)

Wrapper to compute the backscattering and exctintion coefficients of melting particles. The melting layer is devided into sublayers from rain to snow and the refractive index is calculated accordingly

Parameters
F[in] Frequency [GHz]
W[in] Total water+snow content [g/m3]
Nr[in] Rain number concentration [1/m3]
Ns[in] Snow number concentration [1/m3]
ksca[out] extinction coefficient [1/km]
sbck[out] backscatter coefficient [1/km]
See Also
psd_hydro
ref_hydro
ref_meltp
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_melt routine from SDSU H. M. (May, 2009)