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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2363-2020
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Research article
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14 May 2020
Research article |
| 14 May 2020
| 14 May 2020
Mind the gap – Part 1: Accurately locating warm marine boundary layer clouds and precipitation using spaceborne radars
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
now at: Department of Environmental and Climate Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Pavlos Kollias
Department of Environmental and Climate Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook, NY, USA
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Alessandro Battaglia
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
Simon Preval
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- What Can We Learn from the CloudSat Radiometric Mode Observations of Snowfall over the Ice-Free Ocean? A. Battaglia & G. Panegrossi 10.3390/rs12203285
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- Vertical Structure of Tropical Deep Convective Systems at Different Life Stages From CloudSat Observations X. Hu et al. 10.1029/2021JD035115
- Ship‐Based Observations and Climate Model Simulations of Cloud Phase Over the Southern Ocean N. Desai et al. 10.1029/2023JD038581
- Mind the Gap - Part 3: Doppler Velocity Measurements From Space P. Kollias et al. 10.3389/frsen.2022.860284
- A random forest algorithm for the prediction of cloud liquid water content from combined CloudSat–CALIPSO observations R. Schulte et al. 10.5194/amt-17-3583-2024
Latest update: 13 Dec 2024
Short summary
According to ground-based radar observations, 50 % of liquid low-level clouds over the Atlantic extend below 1.2 km and are thinner than 400 m, thus limiting their detection from space. Using an emulator, we estimate that a 250 m resolution radar would capture cloud base better than the CloudSat radar which misses about 52 %. The more sensitive EarthCARE radar is expected to capture cloud cover but stretch cloud. This calls for the operation of interlaced pulse modes for future space missions.
According to ground-based radar observations, 50 % of liquid low-level clouds over the Atlantic...
