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Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-773-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-773-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
Research article
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13 Feb 2025
Research article |  | 13 Feb 2025

Retrieving cloud-base height and geometric thickness using the oxygen A-band channel of GCOM-C/SGLI

Takashi M. Nagao, Kentaroh Suzuki, and Makoto Kuji

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In satellite remote sensing, estimating cloud-base height (CBH) is more challenging than estimating cloud-top height because the cloud base is obscured by the cloud itself. We developed an algorithm using the specific channel (known as the oxygen A-band channel) of the SGLI on JAXA’s GCOM-C satellite to estimate CBHs together with other cloud properties. This algorithm can provide global distributions of CBH across various cloud types, including liquid, ice, and mixed-phase clouds.
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