Cross-comparison of cloud liquid water path derived from observations by two space-borne and one ground-based instrument in northern Europe

Kostsov, Vladimir S.; Kniffka, Anke; Stengel, Martin; Ionov, Dmitry V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5927-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5927-2019

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11 Nov 2019

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| 11 Nov 2019

Cross-comparison of cloud liquid water path derived from observations by two space-borne and one ground-based instrument in northern Europe

Vladimir S. Kostsov, Anke Kniffka, Martin Stengel, and Dmitry V. Ionov

Data sets

Climate Monitoring EUMETSAT CM SAF, 2019 https://www.cmsaf.eu

Cloud_cci AVHRR-PM dataset version 3: 35 year climatology of global cloud and radiation properties Stengel et al., 2019a https://doi.org/10.5676/ DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-PM/V003/

ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (ESA Cloud_cci) data: Cloud_cci AVHRR-PM L3C/L3U CLD_PRODUCTS v3.0, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) Stengel et al., 2019b https://doi.org/10.5676/ DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-PM/V003/

Short summary

Cloud liquid water path (LWP) is one of the target atmospheric parameters retrieved remotely from ground-based and space-borne platforms. The LWP data delivered by the satellite instruments SEVIRI and AVHRR together with the data provided by the ground-based radiometer RPG-HATPRO near St. Petersburg, Russia, have been compared. Our study revealed considerable differences between LWP data from SEVIRI and AVHRR in winter over ice-covered relatively small water bodies in this region.