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Articles | Volume 16, issue 14
Articles | Volume 16, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3531-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3531-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 14
Research article
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25 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 25 Jul 2023

What CloudSat cannot see: liquid water content profiles inferred from MODIS and CALIOP observations

Richard M. Schulte, Matthew D. Lebsock, and John M. Haynes

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In order to constrain climate models and better understand how clouds might change in future climates, accurate satellite estimates of cloud liquid water content are important. The satellite currently best suited to this purpose, CloudSat, is not sensitive enough to detect some non-raining low clouds. In this study we show that information from two other satellite instruments, MODIS and CALIOP, can be combined to provide cloud water estimates for many of the clouds that are missed by CloudSat.
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