Assessing the accuracy of MISR and MISR‐simulated cloud top heights using CloudSat‐ and CALIPSO‐retrieved hydrometeor profiles

Hillman, Benjamin R.; Marchand, Roger T.; Ackerman, Thomas P.; Mace, Gerald G.; Benson, Sally

doi:10.1002/2016jd025510

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Assessing the accuracy of MISR and MISR‐simulated cloud top heights using CloudSat‐ and CALIPSO‐retrieved hydrometeor profiles

2017
By Hillman, Benjamin R. ; Marchand, Roger T. ; Ackerman, Thomas P. ; ...
Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(5), 2878-2897

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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Hillman, Benjamin R. ; Marchand, Roger T. ; Ackerman, Thomas P. ; Mace, Gerald G. ; Benson, Sally

Hillman, Benjamin R. ; Marchand, Roger T. ; Ackerman, Thomas P. ; Mace, Gerald G. ; Benson, Sally Less -
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Satellite retrievals of cloud properties are often used in the evaluation of global climate models,andinrecentyearssatelliteinstrumentsimulatorshavebeenusedtoaccountforknownretrieval biases in order to make more consistent comparisons between models and retrievals. Many of thesesimulatorshaveseenlittlecriticalevaluation.Herew eevaluatetheMultiangleImagingSpectroradiometer (MISR)simulatorbyusingvisibleextinctionproﬁlesretrievedfromacombinationofCloudSat,CALIPSO, MODIS,andAMSR-EobservationsasinputstotheMISRsimulatorandcomparingcloudtopheightstatistics fromtheMISRsimulatorwiththoseretrievedbyMISR.Overall,weﬁndthattheoccurrenceofmiddle-andhigh-altitudetoppedcloudsagreeswellbetweenMISRretrievalsandtheMISR-simulatedoutput,withdistributionsofmiddle-andhigh-toppedcloudcovertypicallyagreeingtobetterthan5%inbothzonalandregionalaverages.However,therearesigniﬁcantdiﬀerencesintheoccurrenceoflow-toppedclouds betweenMISRretrievalsandMISR-simulatedoutputthatareduetodiﬀerencesinthedetectionoflow-level
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(5), 2878-2897
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jd025510
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2169-897X;2169-8996;
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