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Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-2313-2026
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Research article
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09 Apr 2026
Research article |  | 09 Apr 2026

The estimation of path integrated attenuation for the EarthCARE cloud profiling radar

Susmitha Sasikumar, Alessandro Battaglia, Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras, and Pavlos Kollias

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The study present a method to estimate how much the radar signal is weakened as it passes through rain or clouds, designed to implement in the new EarthCARE satellite cloud profiling radar data. The approach builds on the method used in the CloudSat mission, with key improvements that make it robust under non-ideal instrument conditions in the early mission phase. This leads to more reliable retrieval of clouds and rainfall during initial satellite operations.
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Early results from EarthCARE (AMT/ACP/GMD inter-journal SI)