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Research article
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19 Jun 2020
Research article |
| 19 Jun 2020
| 19 Jun 2020
Evaluation of the MODIS Collection 6 multilayer cloud detection algorithm through comparisons with CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar and CALIPSO CALIOP products
Benjamin Marchant
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
USRA Universities Space Research
Association, Columbia, MD, USA
Steven Platnick
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Kerry Meyer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Galina Wind
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
SSAI: Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, USA
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Short summary
Multilayer cloud scenes (such as an ice cloud overlapping a liquid cloud) are common in the Earth's atmosphere and are quite difficult to detect from space. The detection of multilayer clouds is important to better understand how they interact with the light and their impact on the climate. So, for the instrument MODIS an algorithm has been developed to detect those clouds, and this paper presents an evaluation of this algorithm by comparing it with
other instruments.
Multilayer cloud scenes (such as an ice cloud overlapping a liquid cloud) are common in the...
