Using CALIOP to estimate cloud-field base height and its uncertainty: the Cloud Base Altitude Spatial Extrapolator (CBASE) algorithm and dataset

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&thinsp;km). Even when clouds are thick enough to attenuate the lidar beam (op...

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Main Authors: J. Mülmenstädt, O. Sourdeval, D. S. Henderson, T. S. L'Ecuyer, C. Unglaub, L. Jungandreas, C. Böhm, L. M. Russell, J. Quaas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-12-01
Series:Earth System Science Data
Online Access:https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/10/2279/2018/essd-10-2279-2018.pdf

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