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Research article
| 
01 Feb 2019
Research article |
| 01 Feb 2019
| 01 Feb 2019
Discriminating between clouds and aerosols in the CALIOP version 4.1 data products
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Jayanta Kar
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications (SSAI), Hampton, VA, USA
Shan Zeng
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications (SSAI), Hampton, VA, USA
Jason Tackett
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications (SSAI), Hampton, VA, USA
Mark Vaughan
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Melody Avery
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Jacques Pelon
LATMOS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin, CNRS, Paris, France
Brian Getzewich
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications (SSAI), Hampton, VA, USA
Kam-Pui Lee
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications (SSAI), Hampton, VA, USA
Brian Magill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications (SSAI), Hampton, VA, USA
Ali Omar
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Patricia Lucker
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications (SSAI), Hampton, VA, USA
Charles Trepte
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
David Winker
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Data sets
Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) data management system data products catalog M. Vaughan, M. Pitts, C. Trepte, D. Winker, P. Detweiler, A. Garnier, B. Getzewich, W. Hunt, J. Lambeth, K.-P. Lee, P. Lucker, T. Murray, S. Rodier, T. Tremas, A. Bazureau, and J. Pelon https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/products/CALIPSO_DPC_Rev4x40.pdf
Short summary
We describe the enhancements made to the cloud–aerosol discrimination (CAD) algorithms used to produce the CALIPSO version 4 (V4) data products. Revisions to the CAD probability distribution functions have greatly improved the recognition of aerosol layers lofted into the upper troposphere, and CAD is now applied to all layers detected in the stratosphere and all layers detected at single-shot resolution. Detailed comparisons show significant improvements relative to previous versions.
We describe the enhancements made to the cloud–aerosol discrimination (CAD) algorithms used to...
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