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Articles | Volume 18, issue 13
Articles | Volume 18, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3009-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3009-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 13
Research article
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10 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 10 Jul 2025

Errors in stereoscopic retrievals of cloud top height for single-layer clouds

Jesse Loveridge and Larry Di Girolamo

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Satellites can measure cloud geometry using stereoscopy. However, clouds are transparent and often have tenuous boundaries. We evaluate the effect of this on stereoscopy using numerical simulations. Stereoscopic techniques retrieve a cloud boundary that is ~100 m interior to the true boundary and is smoother, depending on the cloud shape and resolution of the instrument. This error is similar across views, demonstrating the strength of stereoscopy for detecting changes in cloud geometry.
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