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Cloud and precipitation microphysical retrievals from the EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar: the C-CLD product
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Bernat Puidgomènech Treserras
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Alessandro Battaglia
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Turino, Turin, Italy
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Pavlos Kollias
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Aleksandra Tatarevic
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Frederic Tridon
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Turino, Turin, Italy
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- Vertical wind and drop size distribution retrieval with the CloudCube G-band Doppler radar N. Yurk et al.
- The generation of EarthCARE L1 test data sets using atmospheric model data sets D. Donovan et al.
- Riming-dependent snowfall rate and ice water content retrievals for W-band cloud radar N. Maherndl et al.
- First insights into deep convection by the Doppler velocity measurements of the EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar A. Galfione et al.
- Estimating vertical profiles of ice water content and snowfall rate from radar measurements in the G-band K. McCusker et al.
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- The EarthCARE mission: science data processing chain overview M. Eisinger et al.
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- Robust Lidar-Radar Composite Cloud Boundary Detection Method With Rainfall Pixels Removal W. Zou et al.
- Remote sensing of liquid cloud profiles based on an analytical cloud profiling model H. Shang et al.
- The EarthCARE mission – science and system overview T. Wehr et al.
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Short summary
We present the theoretical basis of the algorithm that estimates the amount of water and size of particles in clouds and precipitation. The algorithm uses data collected by the Cloud Profiling Radar that was developed for the upcoming Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite mission. After the satellite launch, the vertical distribution of cloud and precipitation properties will be delivered as the C-CLD product.
We present the theoretical basis of the algorithm that estimates the amount of water and size of...
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