Insights into 3D cloud radiative transfer effects for the  Orbiting Carbon Observatory

Massie, Steven T.; Cronk, Heather; Merrelli, Aronne; Schmidt, Sebastian; Mauceri, Steffen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2145-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2145-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2145-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

Research article

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24 Apr 2023

Research article |

| 24 Apr 2023

Insights into 3D cloud radiative transfer effects for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory

Steven T. Massie, Heather Cronk, Aronne Merrelli, Sebastian Schmidt, and Steffen Mauceri

Data sets

3D cloud metrics for OCO-2 observations S. Massie, H. Cronk, A. Merrelli, K. S. Schmidt, H. Chen, and D. Baker https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4008765

3D cloud effect bcXCO2 biases S. T. Massie https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7655136

Short summary

This paper provides insights into the effects of clouds on Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) measurements of CO₂. Calculations are carried out that indicate the extent to which this satellite experiment underestimates CO₂, due to these cloud effects, as a function of the distance between the surface observation footprint and the nearest cloud. The paper discusses how to lessen the influence of these cloud effects.