Evaluation of satellite retrievals of liquid clouds from the GOES-13 imager and MODIS over the midlatitude North Atlantic during the NAAMES campaign

Painemal, David; Spangenberg, Douglas; Smith Jr., William L.; Minnis, Patrick; Cairns, Brian; Moore, Richard H.; Crosbie, Ewan; Robinson, Claire; Thornhill, Kenneth L.; Winstead, Edward L.; Ziemba, Luke

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6633-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6633-2021

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Marine aerosols, trace gases, and clouds over the North Atlantic...

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6633-2021

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14 Oct 2021

Research article |

| 14 Oct 2021

Evaluation of satellite retrievals of liquid clouds from the GOES-13 imager and MODIS over the midlatitude North Atlantic during the NAAMES campaign

David Painemal, Douglas Spangenberg, William L. Smith Jr., Patrick Minnis, Brian Cairns, Richard H. Moore, Ewan Crosbie, Claire Robinson, Kenneth L. Thornhill, Edward L. Winstead, and Luke Ziemba

Data sets

NAAMES NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/NAAMES/DATA001

GOES-13 cloud retrievals NASA Langley Research Center https://satcorps.larc.nasa.gov/prod/naames/prod-satp-netcdf/

Short summary

Cloud properties derived from satellite sensors are critical for the global monitoring of climate. This study evaluates satellite-based cloud properties over the North Atlantic using airborne data collected during NAAMES. Satellite observations of droplet size and cloud optical depth tend to compare well with NAAMES data. The analysis indicates that the satellite pixel resolution and the specific viewing geometry need to be taken into account in research applications.