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Research article
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01 Feb 2024
Research article |
| 01 Feb 2024
| 01 Feb 2024
An intercomparison of EarthCARE cloud, aerosol, and precipitation retrieval products
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Howard W. Barker
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada
Jason N. S. Cole
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Nicole Docter
Institute of Meteorology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
David P. Donovan
R&D Satellite Observations, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), de Bilt, the Netherlands
Robin J. Hogan
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Anja Hünerbein
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Pavlos Kollias
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stonybrook University, Stonybrook, NY, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Zhipeng Qu
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Ulla Wandinger
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff
R&D Satellite Observations, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), de Bilt, the Netherlands
Data sets
EarthCARE level-2 demonstration products from simulated scenes G.-J. van Zadelhoff, H. W. Barker, E. Baudrez, S. Bley, N. Clerbaux, J. N. 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.7728948
Short summary
When the EarthCARE mission enters its operational phase, many retrieval data products will be available, which will overlap both in terms of the measurements they use and the geophysical quantities they report. In this pre-launch study, we use simulated EarthCARE scenes to compare the coverage and performance of many data products from the European Space Agency production model, with the intention of better understanding the relation between products and providing a compact guide to users.
When the EarthCARE mission enters its operational phase, many retrieval data products will be...
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