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Research article
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20 Mar 2019
Research article |
| 20 Mar 2019
| 20 Mar 2019
Cloud base height retrieval from multi-angle satellite data
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Odran Sourdeval
Institute of Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, Université de Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Johannes Mülmenstädt
Institute of Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Johannes Quaas
Institute of Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Susanne Crewell
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Short summary
The cloud base height (CBH) is important for air traffic, for describing the energy budget of the Earth and for other applications. Ground-based CBH measurements are only available for individual sites and mostly limited to land. Satellites are a powerful tool for global coverage. While the cloud top height is derived operationally, the derivation of CBH from space is more difficult as the clouds hide their base. Here, we present a method to retrieve the CBH from multi-angle satellite data.
The cloud base height (CBH) is important for air traffic, for describing the energy budget of...
