Cirrus cloud shape detection by tomographic extinction retrievals from infrared limb emission sounder measurements

Ungermann, Jörn; Bartolome, Irene; Griessbach, Sabine; Spang, Reinhold; Rolf, Christian; Krämer, Martina; Höpfner, Michael; Riese, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-7025-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-7025-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-7025-2020

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Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

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21 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 21 Dec 2020

Cirrus cloud shape detection by tomographic extinction retrievals from infrared limb emission sounder measurements

Jörn Ungermann, Irene Bartolome, Sabine Griessbach, Reinhold Spang, Christian Rolf, Martina Krämer, Michael Höpfner, and Martin Riese

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Short summary

This study examines the potential of new IR limb imager instruments and tomographic methods for cloud detection purposes. Simple color-ratio-based methods are examined and compared against more involved nonlinear convex optimization. In a second part, 3-D measurements of the airborne limb sounder GLORIA taken during the Wave-driven ISentropic Exchange campaign are used to exemplarily derive the location and extent of small-scale cirrus clouds with high spatial accuracy.