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Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6807-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6807-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
Research article
 | 
04 Dec 2024
Research article |  | 04 Dec 2024

Consideration of the cloud motion for aircraft-based stereographically derived cloud geometry and cloud top heights

Lea Volkmer, Tobias Kölling, Tobias Zinner, and Bernhard Mayer

Data sets

3-D cloud geometry from 2-D radiance measurements of specMACS during EUREC4A using a stereographic approach Lea Volkmer et al. https://doi.org/10.25326/508

Cloud top height derived from airborne measurements with the WALES lidar during the EUREC4A field campaign Martin Wirth https://doi.org/10.25326/216

JOANNE: Joint dropsonde Observations of the Atmosphere in tropical North atlaNtic meso-scale Environments (v2.0.0) Geet George https://doi.org/10.25326/246

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Short summary
The importance of the consideration of cloud motion for the stereographic determination of cloud top height from aircraft observations is demonstrated using measurements of the airborne spectrometer of the Munich Aerosol Cloud Scanner (specMACS). A method for cloud motion correction using model winds from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is presented and validated using both real measurements and realistic radiative transfer simulations.
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