MODIS Collection 6 shortwave-derived cloud phase classification algorithm  and comparisons with CALIOP

Marchant, Benjamin; Platnick, Steven; Meyer, Kerry; Arnold, G. Thomas; Riedi, Jérôme

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1587-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1587-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1587-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

Research article

|

11 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 11 Apr 2016

MODIS Collection 6 shortwave-derived cloud phase classification algorithm and comparisons with CALIOP

Benjamin Marchant, Steven Platnick, Kerry Meyer, G. Thomas Arnold, and Jérôme Riedi

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1587-2016-supplement

Data sets

MODIS Cloud Optical Properties: User Guide for the Collection 6 Level-2 MOD06/MYD06 Product and Associated Level-3 Datasets Platnick, S., King, M. D., Meyer, K. G., Wind, G., Amarasinghe, N., Marchant, B., Arnold, G. T., Zhang, Z., Hubanks, P. A., Ridgway, B., and Riedi, J. http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/_docs/C6MOD06OPUserGuide.pdf

Short summary

The current paper presents the new MODIS Collection 6 (C6) cloud thermodynamic phase classification algorithm. To evaluate the performance of the C6 cloud phase algorithm, extensive granule-level and global comparisons have been conducted against the heritage C5 algorithm and CALIOP. A wholesale improvement is seen for C6 compared to C5.