Towards Improved Cirrus Cloud Optical Depths from CALIPSO

Garnier Anne; Vaughan Mark; Pelon Jacques; Winker David; Trepte Chip; Young Stuart

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201611916014

EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2016)

Towards Improved Cirrus Cloud Optical Depths from CALIPSO

Garnier Anne,
Vaughan Mark,
Pelon Jacques,
Winker David,
Trepte Chip,
Young Stuart

Affiliations

Garnier Anne
Vaughan Mark: NASA Langley Research Center
Pelon Jacques: Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS, IPSL, LATMOS
Winker David: NASA Langley Research Center
Trepte Chip: NASA Langley Research Center
Young Stuart: CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611916014
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 119
p. 16014

Abstract

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This paper reviews recent advances regarding the retrieval of optical depths of semi-transparent cirrus clouds using synergetic analyses of perfectly collocated observations from the CALIOP lidar and the IIR infrared radiometer aboard the CALIPSO satellite.

Published in EPJ Web of Conferences

ISSN: 2100-014X (Online)
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Country of publisher: France
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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