caa a22 4500 605472297 CHVBK 20210128100337.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00382-015-2542-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00382-015-2542-0 Role of vertical structure of cloud microphysical properties on cloud radiative forcing over the Asian monsoon region [Elektronische Daten] [V. Ravi Kiran, M. Rajeevan, H. Gadhavi, S. Rao, A. Jayaraman] Five years (2006-2010) of clouds and earth's radiant energy system (CERES) and CloudSat data have been analyzed to examine the role of vertical structure of cloud microphysical properties on cloud radiative forcing (CRF) parameters at the top-of-the atmosphere over the Asian monsoon region during the summer monsoon season (June-September) and the Pacific warm pool region during April. Vertical profile of cloud properties (optical depth, cloud liquid water content and cloud ice water content) derived from CloudSat data has been used for the present analysis. Shortwave, longwave and net CRF derived from the CERES data have been used. The results suggest an imbalance between shortwave cloud radiative forcing and longwave cloud radiative forcing over the Asian monsoon region consistent with the results reported earlier. The present analysis suggests that over the Bay-of-Bengal (BoB), vertical profile of cloud microphysical properties determine more than 50% of variance in CRF. However, over the Pacific warm pool region, cloud microphysical property profiles does not contribute significantly to variance in net CRF (<10%). Over the BoB, large asymmetry between shortwave and longwave CRF is caused by large amounts of cloud liquid water content in the layer between the surface and 9km. The present study highlights the importance of accurate representation of cloud microphysical properties in determining the influence of clouds on the radiative balance over the top-of-the atmosphere. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Cloud radiative forcing nationallicence Cloud microphysics nationallicence Radiative budget nationallicence Cloud vertical structure nationallicence Indian summer monsoon nationallicence Pacific warm pool region nationallicence Ravi Kiran V. National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, 517 112, Gadanki, India aut Rajeevan M. Earth System Science Organization (ESSO), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), 110 003, New Delhi, India aut Gadhavi H. National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, 517 112, Gadanki, India aut Rao S. Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, 517 502, Tirupati, India aut Jayaraman A. National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, 517 112, Gadanki, India aut Climate Dynamics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 45/11-12(2015-12-01), 3331-3345 0930-7575 45:11-12<3331 2015 45 382 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2542-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2542-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ravi Kiran V. National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, 517 112, Gadanki, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rajeevan M. Earth System Science Organization (ESSO), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), 110 003, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gadhavi H. National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, 517 112, Gadanki, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rao S. Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, 517 502, Tirupati, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jayaraman A. National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, 517 112, Gadanki, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Climate Dynamics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 45/11-12(2015-12-01), 3331-3345 0930-7575 45:11-12<3331 2015 45 382