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Comparison of Two Different Cloud Climatologies Derived from CALIOP-Attenuated Backscattered Measurements (Level 1): The CALIPSO-ST and the CALIPSO-GOCCP
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| Author | Chepfer, Hélène Cesana, Grégory Winker, David M. Getzewich, Brian J. Vaughan, Mark A. Liu, Zhaoyan |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | AbstractTwo different cloud climatologies have been derived from the same NASA–Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP)-measured attenuated backscattered profile (level 1, version 3 dataset). The first climatology, named Cloud–Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations–Science Team (CALIPSO-ST), is based on the standard CALIOP cloud mask (level 2 product, version 3), with the aim to document clouds with the highest possible spatiotemporal resolution, taking full advantage of the CALIOP capabilities and sensitivity for a wide range of cloud scientific studies. The second climatology, named GCM-Oriented CALIPSO Cloud Product (CALIPSO-GOCCP), is aimed at a single goal: evaluating GCM prediction of cloudiness. For this specific purpose, it has been designed to be fully consistent with the CALIPSO simulator included in the Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Observation Simulator Package (COSP) used within version 2 of the CFMIP (CFMIP-2) experiment and phase. |
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| Ending Page | 744 |
| Page Count | 20 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00057.1 |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01092107/document |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |