Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1019-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1019-2018
Research article
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22 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 22 Feb 2018

Global spectroscopic survey of cloud thermodynamic phase at high spatial resolution, 2005–2015

David R. Thompson, Brian H. Kahn, Robert O. Green, Steve A. Chien, Elizabeth M. Middleton, and Daniel Q. Tran

Data sets

EO-1 Hyperion Level 1 Dataset National Aeronautics and Space Administration http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov

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Short summary
The distribution of ice and liquid particles in clouds (i.e., their thermodynamic phase) has a large impact on Earth's climate. We report a global high spatial resolution survey of cloud phase based on a decade of data from the Hyperion orbital imaging spectrometer. Seasonal and latitudinal trends corroborate observations by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). Most variance observed at climate model grid scales of 100 km is explained by spatial structure at finer spatial resolutions.