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A high-level cloud detection method utilizing the GOSAT TANSO-FTS water vapor saturated band
Nawo Eguchi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics (RIAM), Kyushu University,
Kasuga Park 6-1, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Yukio Yoshida
Center for Global
Environmental Research (CGER), National Institute for Environmental Studies
(NIES), Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Short summary
A detection method for high-level cloud, such as ice clouds, is developed using the water vapor saturated channels (2 μm) of the solar reflected spectrum observed by the TANSO-FTS on board GOSAT. The clouds detected by this method are optically relatively thin (0.01 or less) and located at high altitudes. Approximately 85 % of the results from this method for clouds with a cloud-top altitude above 5 km agree with Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) cloud classification.
A detection method for high-level cloud, such as ice clouds, is developed using the water vapor...
