A unified synergistic retrieval of clouds, aerosols, and precipitation from EarthCARE: the ACM-CAP product

Mason, Shannon L.; Hogan, Robin J.; Bozzo, Alessio; Pounder, Nicola L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3459-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3459-2023

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EarthCARE Level 2 algorithms and data products

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3459-2023

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Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

Research article

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12 Jul 2023

Research article |

| 12 Jul 2023

A unified synergistic retrieval of clouds, aerosols, and precipitation from EarthCARE: the ACM-CAP product

Shannon L. Mason, Robin J. Hogan, Alessio Bozzo, and Nicola L. Pounder

Data sets

EarthCARE level-2 demonstration products from simulated scenes (10.10) G.-J. van Zadelhoff, H. W. Barker, E. Baudrez, S. Bley, N. Clerbaux, J. N. S. Cole, J. de Kloe, N. Docter, C. Domenech, D. P. Donovan, J.-L. Dufresne, M. Eisinger, J. Fischer, R. García-Marañón, M. Haarig, R. J. Hogan, A. Hünerbein, P. Kollias, R. Koopman, N. Madenach, S. L. Mason, R. Preusker, B. Puigdomènech Treserras, Z. Qu, M. Ruiz-Saldaña, M. Shephard, A. Velázquez-Blazquez, N. Villefranque, U. Wandinger, P. Wang, and T. Wehr https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7117115

Short summary

We present a method for accurately estimating the contents and properties of clouds, snow, rain, and aerosols through the atmosphere, using the combined measurements of the radar, lidar, and radiometer instruments aboard the upcoming EarthCARE satellite, and evaluate the performance of the retrieval, using test scenes simulated from a numerical forecast model. When EarthCARE is in operation, these quantities and their estimated uncertainties will be distributed in a data product called ACM-CAP.