Evaluation of CALIOP 532 nm aerosol optical depth over opaque water clouds

With its height-resolved measurements and near global coverage, the CALIOP lidar onboard the CALIPSO satellite offers a new capability for aerosol retrievals in cloudy skies. Validation of these retrievals is difficult, however, as independent, collocated and co-temporal data sets are generally not...

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Main Authors: Z. Liu, D. Winker, A. Omar, M. Vaughan, J. Kar, C. Trepte, Y. Hu, G. Schuster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-02-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/1265/2015/acp-15-1265-2015.pdf