Comparison of lidar backscatter with particle distribution and GOES‐7 Data in Hurricane Juliette

Measurements of calibrated backscatter, using two continuous wave Doppler lidars operating at wavelengths 9.1 and 10.6 µm were obtained along with cloud particle size distributions in Hurricane Juliette on 21 September 1995 at altitude ∼11.7 km. Agreement between backscatter from the two lidars and with the cloud particle size distribution is excellent. Features in backscatter and particle number density compare well with concurrent GOES‐7 infrared images.