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Retrieval of ice water path from the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MWHS) aboard FengYun-3B (FY-3B) satellite polarimetric measurements based on a deep neural network [PDF]

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2022
The ice water path (IWP) is an important cloud parameter in atmospheric radiation, and there are still great difficulties in its retrieval. Artificial neural networks have become a popular method in atmospheric remote sensing in recent years.
W. Wang, Z. Wang, Q. He, Q. He, L. Zhang
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CloudSat tropical cyclone database

, 2010
CloudSat (CS), the first 94 GHz space borne cloud profiling radar (CPR), launched in 2006 to study the vertical distribution of clouds. Not only are CS observations revealing inner vertical cloud details of water and ice globally but CS overpasses of tropical cyclones (TC's) are providing a new and exciting opportunity to study the vertical structure ...
Tourville, Natalie Dawn, author, Stephens, Graeme L., 1952-, advisor, DeMaria, Mark, committee member, Eykholt, Richard Eric, 1956-, committee member, Maloney, Eric D., committee member   +4 more
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CloudSat as a Global Radar Calibrator

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2011
Abstract The calibration of the CloudSat spaceborne cloud radar has been thoroughly assessed using very accurate internal link budgets before launch, comparisons with predicted ocean surface backscatter at 94 GHz, direct comparisons with airborne cloud radars, and statistical comparisons with ground-based cloud radars at different ...
Protat, Alain, Bouniol, Dominique, O'Connor, E. J., Klein Baltink, H., Verlinde, J., Widener, K.   +5 more
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Snowfall distribution and its response to the Arctic Oscillation: an evaluation of HighResMIP models in the Arctic using CPR/CloudSat observations [PDF]

Geoscientific Model Development, 2019
A realistic representation of snowfall in general circulation models (GCMs) of global climate is important to accurately simulate snow cover, surface albedo, high-latitude precipitation and thus the surface radiation budget.
M. A. Thomas, A. Devasthale, T. L'Ecuyer, S. Wang, T. Koenigk, T. Koenigk, K. Wyser   +6 more
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Impacts of tropical cyclones on the thermodynamic conditions in the tropical tropopause layer observed by A-Train satellites [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021
The tropical tropopause layer (TTL) is the transition layer between the troposphere and the stratosphere. Tropical cyclones may impact the TTL by perturbing the vertical distributions of cloud, temperature, and water vapor.
J. Feng, Y. Huang
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The Cumulus And Stratocumulus CloudSat-CALIPSO Dataset (CASCCAD) [PDF]

Earth System Science Data, 2019
Abstract. Low clouds continue to contribute greatly to the uncertainty in cloud feedback estimates. Depending on whether a region is dominated by cumulus (Cu) or stratocumulus (Sc) clouds, the interannual low-cloud feedback is somewhat different in both space-borne and large eddy simulation studies.
G. Cesana, G. Cesana, A. D. Del Genio, H. Chepfer, H. Chepfer   +4 more
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A random forest algorithm for the prediction of cloud liquid water content from combined CloudSat–CALIPSO observations [PDF]

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
A significant fraction of liquid clouds are not captured in existing CloudSat radar-based products because the clouds are masked by surface clutter or have insufficient reflectivities.
R. M. Schulte, M. D. Lebsock, J. M. Haynes, Y. Hu   +3 more
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CloudSat and A-Train Observations of Tropical Cyclones [PDF]

The Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 2009
The CloudSat 94-GHz Cloud Profiling Radar was designed to provide global information on the vertical structure of clouds. It was launched in April 2006, joining the A-Train of earth science satellites. Although primarily focused on clouds and climate, the CloudSat radar also provides a unique view of the vertical structure of clouds in tropical ...
Stephen L. Durden, Simone Tanelli, Gregg Dobrowalski   +2 more
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Clouds over East Asia Observed with Collocated CloudSat and CALIPSO Measurements: Occurrence and Macrophysical Properties

Atmosphere, 2018
Cloud occurrences, vertical structures, and along-track horizontal scales over East Asia are studied using four years (2007–2010) of CloudSat 2B-CLDCLASS-LIDAR data.
Xuebin Li, Xianming Zheng, Damao Zhang, Wenzhong Zhang, Feifei Wang, Ye Deng, Wenyue Zhu   +6 more
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First Observational Evidence That Dust‐Driven Cloud Phase Changes Cool the Surface Over Summertime Arctic Sea Ice

Geophysical Research Letters
Cloud phase has important impacts on Arctic surface temperatures, and circumstantial evidence suggests that dust aerosols have strong regional impacts on Arctic cloud phase.
L. M. Zamora, R. A. Kahn
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