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Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7749-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7749-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
Research article
 | 
09 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 09 Dec 2021

Improved cloud detection for the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS): training an artificial neural network on colocated MLS and Aqua MODIS data

Frank Werner, Nathaniel J. Livesey, Michael J. Schwartz, William G. Read, Michelle L. Santee, and Galina Wind

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In this study we present an improved cloud detection scheme for the Microwave Limb Sounder, which is based on a feedforward artificial neural network. This new algorithm is shown not only to reliably detect high and mid-level convection containing even small amounts of cloud water but also to distinguish between high-reaching and mid-level to low convection.
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