Other Names

CLW, Ice Water Content, LWC, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice

Definition

It is the amount of liquid water per unit volume of air
Cloud Liquid/Ice Water is usually expressed either in g/m³ or g/kg. It varies greatly from cloud to cloud. On the average, for a typical cloud it varies from 0.05 to 3 g/m³ . Cloud Liquid Water plays an important role in the transport of energy (latent heat) in the earth-atmosphere system.

Applications

(1) Global energy budget	(3) Greenhouse effect
(2) Climate change	(4) Global warming

GES DISC Datasets

Quick Search for 'Cloud Ice Water' with Mirador
Click on the corresponding 'WHOM access' links in the table below to access products containing specific parameter.

Parameter	Units	Platform /Instrument	Data
			Begin Date	End Date	WHOM Access	Doc
Cloud Ice/Water Content	g/m3	Aura/MLS	2004-08-08	Current	ML2IWC.002	Y
						Y
Cloud Ice water (14 layers)	g/m3	TRMM/TMI	1997-12-07	Current	2A12	Y
					3A12	Y
		TRMM/PR	1997-12-07	Current	3B31	Y

Other sources for data

1. SSM/I Data Sets 2. AMSR Data at NSIDC