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Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2099-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2099-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
Research article
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23 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 23 Apr 2020

Shallow cumuli cover and its uncertainties from ground-based lidar–radar data and sky images

Erin A. Riley, Jessica M. Kleiss, Laura D. Riihimaki, Charles N. Long, Larry K. Berg, and Evgueni Kassianov

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Discrepancies in hourly shallow cumuli cover estimates can be substantial. Instrument detection differences contribute to long-term bias in shallow cumuli cover estimates, whereas narrow field-of-view configurations impact measurement uncertainty as averaging time decreases. A new tool is introduced to visually assess both impacts on sub-hourly cloud cover estimates. Accurate shallow cumuli cover estimation is needed for model–observation comparisons and studying cloud-surface interactions.
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