Detection of aerosol and cloud features for the EarthCARE atmospheric lidar (ATLID): the ATLID FeatureMask (A-FM) product

van Zadelhoff, Gerd-Jan; Donovan, David P.; Wang, Ping

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3631-2023

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EarthCARE Level 2 algorithms and data products

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08 Aug 2023

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Detection of aerosol and cloud features for the EarthCARE atmospheric lidar (ATLID): the ATLID FeatureMask (A-FM) product

Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff, David P. Donovan, and Ping Wang

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

Aeolus Online Dissemination System European Space Agency https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/catalog/aeolus-l2a-aerosol-cloud-optical-product

CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B profile data, V4-10 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L1-STANDARD-V4-10

CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), V4-20 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_VFM-STANDARD-V4-20

Short summary

The Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation (EarthCARE) satellite mission features the UV lidar ATLID. The ATLID FeatureMask algorithm provides a high-resolution detection probability mask which is used to guide smoothing strategies within the ATLID profile retrieval algorithm, one step further in the EarthCARE level-2 processing chain, in which the microphysical retrievals and target classification are performed.