Cloud thermodynamic phase (ice, liquid, undetermined) classification is an important first step for cloud retrievals from passive sensors such as MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer). Because ice and liquid phase clouds have very different scattering and absorbing properties, an incorrect cloud phase decision can lead to substantial errors in the cloud optical and microphysical...

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Abstract. Following the release of version 4 Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) data products from and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) mission, a new (V4) CALIPSO Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 has been developed. The IIR include cloud effective emissivities microphysical properties such as diameter (De) water path estimates for ice liquid clouds. T...

In the wake of the June 2011 Nabro eruption, large stratospheric plumes were observed by several instruments up to altitudes of 21 km, much higher than initial reported injection heights. It has been debated whether deep convection associated with the Asian Summer Monsoon anticyclone played a vital role in the vertical transport of the plume. Here we present a new and fast SO2 height retrieval ...