Greenland Clouds Observed in CALIPSO-GOCCP: Comparison with Ground-Based Summit Observations

Subtropical and Polar Cirrus Clouds Characterized by Ground-based Lidars and Calipso/caliop Observations

Cirrus clouds are product of weather processes, and then their occurrence and macrophysical/optical properties can vary significantly over different regions of the world. Lidars can provide height-resolved measurements with a relatively good both vertical and temporal resolutions, making them the most suitable instrumentation for high-cloud observations. The aim of this work is to show the pote...

How well do climate models simulate cloud vertical structure? A comparison between CALIPSO-GOCCP satellite observations and CMIP5 models

AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO clouds

B. H. Kahn, M. T. Chahine, G. L. Stephens, G. G. Mace, R. T. Marchand, Z. Wang, C. D. Barnet, A. Eldering, R. E. Holz, R. E. Kuehn, and D. G. Vane Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Joint Institut...

Comparison of Two Different Cloud Climatologies Derived from CALIOP-Attenuated Backscattered Measurements (Level 1): The CALIPSO-ST and the CALIPSO-GOCCP

Two 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), ...

CALIPSO observations of stratospheric aerosols