Remote sensing of multiple cloud layer heights using multi-angular measurements

Sinclair, Kenneth; van Diedenhoven, Bastiaan; Cairns, Brian; Yorks, John; Wasilewski, Andrzej; McGill, Matthew

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2361-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2361-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2361-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

Research article

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29 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 29 Jun 2017

Remote sensing of multiple cloud layer heights using multi-angular measurements

Kenneth Sinclair, Bastiaan van Diedenhoven, Brian Cairns, John Yorks, Andrzej Wasilewski, and Matthew McGill

Data sets

RSP SEAC4RS Campaign Data B. Cairns https://data.giss.nasa.gov/pub/rsp/SEAC4RS/

CPL SEAC4RS Campaign Data M. McGill https://cpl.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Short summary

We present a multi-angular contrast approach to retrieve cloud top height (CTH) using photogrammetry. We demonstrate the method’s ability to retrieve heights of multiple cloud layers within single footprints, using the multiple views available for each footprint. This paper provides an in-depth description and performance analysis of the CTH retrieval technique and the retrieved cloud heights are evaluated using collocated data from the Cloud Physics Lidar.