Using CALIOP to estimate cloud-field base height and its uncertainty: the Cloud Base Altitude Spatial Extrapolator (CBASE) algorithm and dataset
<p>A technique is presented that uses attenuated backscatter profiles from the CALIOP satellite lidar to estimate cloud base heights of lower-troposphere liquid clouds (cloud base height below approximately 3 km). Even when clouds are thick enough to attenuate the lidar beam (op...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-12-01
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Series: | Earth System Science Data |
Online Access: | https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/10/2279/2018/essd-10-2279-2018.pdf |