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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4225-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4225-2022
Research article
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21 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 21 Jul 2022

Locations for the best lidar view of mid-level and high clouds

Matthias Tesche and Vincent Noel

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Short summary
Mid-level and high clouds can be considered natural laboratories for studying cloud glaciation in the atmosphere. While they can be conveniently observed from ground with lidar, such measurements require a clear line of sight between the instrument and the target cloud. Here, observations of clouds with two spaceborne lidars are used to assess where ground-based lidar measurements of mid- and upper-level clouds are least affected by the light-attenuating effect of low-level clouds.
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