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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11979-2021
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Research article
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10 Aug 2021
Research article |
| 10 Aug 2021
| 10 Aug 2021
Satellite retrieval of cloud base height and geometric thickness of low-level cloud based on CALIPSO
Xin Lu
State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping, and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, China
Feiyue Mao
State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping, and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, China
School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan
University, Wuhan, 430079, China
Collaborative Innovation Center for Geospatial Technology, Wuhan,
430079, China
Daniel Rosenfeld
State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping, and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, China
Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth
System Sciences and Institute for Climate and Global Change Research,
Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
Zengxin Pan
Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
Wei Gong
Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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In this paper, a novel method for retrieving cloud base height and geometric thickness is developed and applied to produce a global climatology of boundary layer clouds with a high accuracy. The retrieval is based on the 333 m resolution low-level cloud distribution as obtained from the CALIPSO lidar data. The main part of the study describes the variability of cloud vertical geometrical properties in space, season, and time of the day. Resultant new insights are presented.
In this paper, a novel method for retrieving cloud base height and geometric thickness is...
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