Figure 1.   Construction of LWC profiles. Black curve shows the adiabatic LWC profile computed from the mean TOGA COARE sounding. This curve was cut off (by h) and scaled (by f) to construct LWC profiles, and thus 3D LWC fields, in order to create both the lookup tables and the retrieved cloud fields. Red curve shows an example LWC profile, with a cloud thickness (h) of 2250 m and an "adiabatic fraction" (f) of 0.6. Tick marks show the height levels used in the LWC grid. Cloud thickness is measured above the lifting condensation level of 678 m.

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