Cloud property datasets retrieved from AVHRR, MODIS, AATSR and MERIS in the framework of the Cloud_cci project

New cloud property datasets based on measurements from the passive imaging satellite sensors AVHRR, MODIS, ATSR2, AATSR and MERIS are presented. Two retrieval systems were developed that include components for cloud detection and cloud typing followed by cloud property retrievals based on the op...

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Main Authors: M. Stengel, S. Stapelberg, O. Sus, C. Schlundt, C. Poulsen, G. Thomas, M. Christensen, C. Carbajal Henken, R. Preusker, J. Fischer, A. Devasthale, U. Willén, K.-G. Karlsson, G. R. McGarragh, S. Proud, A. C. Povey, R. G. Grainger, J. F. Meirink, A. Feofilov, R. Bennartz, J. S. Bojanowski, R. Hollmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-11-01
Series:Earth System Science Data
Online Access:https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/9/881/2017/essd-9-881-2017.pdf