Abstract
Abstract Using photographic terminology for channel 3 pictures in sunshine, one notes that most ice clouds appear black and that cloud shadows are equally dark, but water droplet clouds appear in all shades. These shades also vary greatly with the direction of sunshine relative to the line of sight because scatter is almost entirely by diffraction. Droplets and ice crystals larger than about 10 fan absorb the incident radiation almost completely and it does not penetrate through clouds unless there exist plenty of unobstructed ray paths through the clouds. The reflection from a water surface is almost metallic in intensity so that glint completely saturates the radiometer. There is no evidence of comparable reflection from ice. All snow-covered surfaces, including sea ice, appear black. Stratus cloud shows large variations in reflectance depending on the state of the convection in it which brings very small droplets to the surface. Small particle size causes some contrails and orographic cirrus to appear ...
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