Articles | Volume 15, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4307-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4307-2022
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

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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.
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