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Articles | Volume 25, issue 22
Articles | Volume 25, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-16347-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-16347-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 22
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20 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 20 Nov 2025

Impact of cloud vertical structure perturbations on the retrieval of cloud optical thickness and effective radius from FY4A/AGRI

Jing Sun, Yunying Li, Hao Hu, Qian Li, Chengzhi Ye, Yining Shi, and Zitong Chen

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Clouds strongly affect how sunlight and heat move through the atmosphere, but their vertical layers make them hard to study. We examined how different cloud layers influence satellite estimates of cloud thickness and droplet size using observations and computer simulations over China. We found that high ice clouds can hide lower water clouds, causing large errors. This shows satellites need to consider cloud layers to improve accuracy.
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