HETEAC – the Hybrid End-To-End Aerosol Classification model for EarthCARE

Wandinger, Ulla; Floutsi, Athena Augusta; Baars, Holger; Haarig, Moritz; Ansmann, Albert; Hünerbein, Anja; Docter, Nicole; Donovan, David; van Zadelhoff, Gerd-Jan; Mason, Shannon; Cole, Jason

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2485-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2485-2023

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Special issue:

EarthCARE Level 2 algorithms and data products

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2485-2023

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Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

Research article

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25 May 2023

Research article |

| 25 May 2023

HETEAC – the Hybrid End-To-End Aerosol Classification model for EarthCARE

Ulla Wandinger, Athena Augusta Floutsi, Holger Baars, Moritz Haarig, Albert Ansmann, Anja Hünerbein, Nicole Docter, David Donovan, Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff, Shannon Mason, and Jason Cole

Data sets

EarthCARE level-2 demonstration products from simulated scenes Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff, Howard W. Barker, Edward Baudrez, Sebastian Bley, Nicolas Clerbaux, Jason N. S. Cole, Jos de Kloe, Nicole Docter, Carlos Domenech, David P. Donovan, Jean-Louis Dufresne, Michael Eisinger, Juergen Fischer, Raquel García-Marañón, Moritz Haarig, Robin J. Hogan, Anja Hünerbein, Pavlos Kollias, Rob Koopman, Nils Madenach, Shannon L. Mason, Rene Preusker, Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras, Zhipeng Qu, Manuel Ruiz-Saldaña, Mark Shephard, Almudena Velázquez-Blazquez, Najda Villefranque, Ulla Wandinger, Ping Wang, and Tobias Wehr https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7728948

HETEAC – The Hybrid End-To-End Aerosol Classification model for EarthCARE: Look-Up Table (LUT) for aerosol mixtures Ulla Wandinger, Athena Augusta Floutsi, Holger Baars, Moritz Haarig, Albert Ansmann, Anja Hünerbein, Nicole Docter, David Donovan, Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff, Shannon Mason, and Jason Cole https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7732338

Short summary

We introduce an aerosol classification model that has been developed for the Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE). The model provides a consistent description of microphysical, optical, and radiative properties of common aerosol types such as dust, sea salt, pollution, and smoke. It is used for aerosol classification and assessment of radiation effects based on the synergy of active and passive observations with lidar, imager, and radiometer of the multi-instrument platform.