Impact of the revisit frequency on cloud climatology for CALIPSO, EarthCARE, Aeolus, and ICESat-2 satellite lidar missions

Kotarba, Andrzej Z.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4307-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4307-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4307-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 14

Research article

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28 Jul 2022

Research article |

| 28 Jul 2022

Impact of the revisit frequency on cloud climatology for CALIPSO, EarthCARE, Aeolus, and ICESat-2 satellite lidar missions

Andrzej Z. Kotarba

Data sets

CLAAS-2.1: CM SAF CLoud property dAtAset using SEVIRI – Edition 2.1 S. Finkensieper, J.-F. Meirink, G.-J. van Zadelhoff, T. Hanschmann, N. Benas, M. Stengel, P. Fuchs, R. Hollmann, J. Kaiser, and M. Werscheck https://doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/CLAAS/V002_01

Short summary

Space profiling lidars offer a unique insight into cloud properties in Earth’s atmosphere, and are considered the most reliable source of cloud information. However, lidar-based cloud climatologies are infrequently sampled: every 7 to 91 d, and only along the ground track. This study evaluated how accurate are the cloud data from existing (CALIPSO, ICESat-2, Aeolus) and planned (EarthCARE) space lidars, when compared to a cloud climatology obtained with observations taken every day.