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RISUncertainty in observational estimates of the aerosol direct radiative effect and forcing
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A lower-bound on the uncertainty in observational estimates of the aerosol direct radiative effect (DRE, the direct interaction with solar radiation by all aerosols), and the aerosol direct radiative forcing (DRF, the ...
Corrigendum
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: n error in a recent analysis of the sensitivity of retrievals of Cloud?Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) particulate optical properties to errors in various input parameters is described. This error was ...
The Retrieval of Profiles of Particulate Extinction from Cloud–Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Data: Uncertainty and Error Sensitivity Analyses
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: rofiles of atmospheric cloud and aerosol extinction coefficients are retrieved on a global scale from measurements made by the lidar on board the Cloud?Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) ...
Mesoscale Variations of Tropospheric Aerosols
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Tropospheric aerosols are calculated to cause global-scale changes in the earth's heat balance, but these forcings are space/time integrals over highly variable quantities. Accurate quantification of these forcings will ...
Regional Apparent Boundary Layer Lapse Rates Determined from CALIPSO and MODIS Data for Cloud-Height Determination
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: eliably determining low-cloud heights using a cloud-top temperature from satellite infrared imagery is often challenging because of difficulties in characterizing the local thermal structure of the lower troposphere with ...
CALIPSO Lidar Description and Performance Assessment
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper provides background material for a collection of Cloud?Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) algorithm papers that are to be published in the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. It ...
Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) is a two-wavelength polarization lidar that performs global profiling of aerosols and clouds in the troposphere and lower stratosphere. CALIOP is the primary ...
The CALIPSO Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Descriptions are provided of the aerosol classification algorithms and the extinction-to-backscatter ratio (lidar ratio) selection schemes for the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) ...
CALIPSO Lidar Calibration Algorithms. Part I: Nighttime 532-nm Parallel Channel and 532-nm Perpendicular Channel
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) mission was launched in April 2006 and has continuously acquired collocated multisensor observations of the spatial and optical properties of ...
Fully Automated Detection of Cloud and Aerosol Layers in the CALIPSO Lidar Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Accurate knowledge of the vertical and horizontal extent of clouds and aerosols in the earth?s atmosphere is critical in assessing the planet?s radiation budget and for advancing human understanding of climate change issues. ...