Comparison of MODIS and VIIRS cloud properties with ARM ground-based
observations over Finland

Sporre, Moa K.; O'Connor, Ewan J.; Håkansson, Nina; Thoss, Anke; Swietlicki, Erik; Petäjä, Tuukka

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3193-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3193-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3193-2016

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 7

Research article

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21 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 21 Jul 2016

Comparison of MODIS and VIIRS cloud properties with ARM ground-based observations over Finland

Moa K. Sporre, Ewan J. O'Connor, Nina Håkansson, Anke Thoss, Erik Swietlicki, and Tuukka Petäjä

Data sets

MODIS sensors data set (Terra) US National Aeronautics and Space Agency https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD06_L2.006

MODIS sensors data set (Aqua) US National Aeronautics and Space Agency https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD06_L2.006

Short summary

Satellite measurements of cloud top height and liquid water path are compared to ground-based remote sensing to evaluate the satellite retrievals. The overall performance of the satellite retrievals of cloud top height are good, but they become more problematic when several layers of clouds are present. The liquid water path retrievals also agree well, and the average differences are within the estimated measurement uncertainties.