Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1587-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1587-2016
Research article
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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

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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.
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