Estimating the top altitude of optically thick ice clouds from thermal infrared satellite observations using CALIPSO data

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Jun 2008

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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 12, CiteID L12801

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Atmospheric Processes: Remote Sensing, Biogeosciences: Computational Methods And Data Processing, Atmospheric Processes: Clouds And Cloud Feedbacks, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Cloud/Radiation Interaction

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The difference between cloud-top altitude Z top and infrared effective radiating height Z eff for optically thick ice clouds is examined using April 2007 data taken by the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) and the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). For even days, the difference ΔZ between CALIPSO Z top and MODIS Z eff is 1.58 +/- 1.26 km. The linear fit between Z top and Z eff , applied to odd-day data, yields a difference of 0.03 +/- 1.21 km and can be used to estimate Z top from any infrared-based Z eff for thick ice clouds. Random errors appear to be due primarily to variations in cloud ice-water content (IWC). Radiative transfer calculations show that ΔZ corresponds to an optical depth of ~1, which based on observed ice-particle sizes yields an average cloud-top IWC of ~0.015 gm-3, a value consistent with in situ measurements. The analysis indicates potential for deriving cloud-top IWC using dual-satellite data.

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