Articles | Volume 10, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2105-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2105-2017
Research article
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08 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 08 Jun 2017

Differences in liquid cloud droplet effective radius and number concentration estimates between MODIS collections 5.1 and 6 over global oceans

John Rausch, Kerry Meyer, Ralf Bennartz, and Steven Platnick

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Cloud Droplet Number Concentration from MODIS Collections 5.1 and 6 for 2008 J. Rausch and R. Bennartz https://doi.org/10.15695/vudata.ees.2

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This paper documents the observed differences in the aggregated (Level-3) cloud droplet effective radius and droplet number concentration estimates inferred from the Aqua–MODIS cloud product collections 5.1 and 6 for warm oceanic cloud scenes over the year 2008. We note significant differences in effective radius and droplet concentration between the two products and discuss the algorithmic and calibration changes which may contribute to observed results.