A review of cloud top height and optical depth histograms from MISR, ISCCP, and MODIS

R Marchand, T Ackerman, M Smyth… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
There are notable differences in the joint histograms of cloud top height and optical depth
being produced from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the …

Lessons learned from the updated GEWEX Cloud Assessment database

CJ Stubenrauch, S Kinne, G Mandorli, WB Rossow… - Surveys in …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Since the first Global Energy and Water Exchanges cloud assessment a decade
ago, existing cloud property retrievals have been revised and new retrievals have been …

The CALIPSO mission: A global 3D view of aerosols and clouds

DM Winker, J Pelon, JA Coakley Jr… - Bulletin of the …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Aerosols and clouds have important effects on Earth's climate through their effects on the
radiation budget and the cycling of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface …

Spatial and temporal distribution of clouds observed by MODIS onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites

MD King, S Platnick, WP Menzel… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud properties have been retrieved from the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) over 12 years of continuous observations from Terra and over …

[HTML][HTML] Fully automated detection of cloud and aerosol layers in the CALIPSO lidar measurements

MA Vaughan, KA Powell, DM Winker… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
Fully Automated Detection of Cloud and Aerosol Layers in the CALIPSO Lidar
Measurements in: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Volume 26 Issue 10 (2009) …

Decreasing cloud cover drives the recent mass loss on the Greenland Ice Sheet

S Hofer, AJ Tedstone, X Fettweis, JL Bamber - Science Advances, 2017 - science.org
The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) has been losing mass at an accelerating rate since the mid-
1990s. This has been due to both increased ice discharge into the ocean and melting at the …

The CloudSat radar‐lidar geometrical profile product (RL‐GeoProf): Updates, improvements, and selected results

GG Mace, Q Zhang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Derived by combining data from the CloudSat radar and the CALIPSO lidar, the so‐called
radar‐lidar geometrical profile product (RL‐GeoProf) allows for characterization of the …

[HTML][HTML] MODIS cloud-top property refinements for collection 6

BA Baum, WP Menzel, RA Frey… - Journal of applied …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
MODIS Cloud-Top Property Refinements for Collection 6 in: Journal of Applied Meteorology
and Climatology Volume 51 Issue 6 (2012) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo …

[HTML][HTML] Reconciling simulated and observed views of clouds: MODIS, ISCCP, and the limits of instrument simulators

R Pincus, S Platnick, SA Ackerman… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
The properties of clouds that may be observed by satellite instruments, such as optical
thickness and cloud-top pressure, are only loosely related to the way clouds are represented …

[HTML][HTML] A multisensor perspective on the radiative impacts of clouds and aerosols

DS Henderson, T L'ecuyer, G Stephens… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
The launch of CloudSat and Cloud–Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
Observations (CALIPSO) in 2006 provided the first opportunity to incorporate information …