Conventional single-layer cloud assumptions lead to erroneous results in satellite retrieved cloud properties for multilayered multiphase cloud systems. The Cloud and Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) project strives to develop an exploratory multilayer cloud data product using the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. The new MODIS multilayer cloud products will be av...

Despite their potential to slow global warming, until recently, the radiative forcing associated with volcanic aerosols in the lowermost stratosphere (LMS) had not been considered. Here we study volcanic aerosol changes in the stratosphere using lidar measurements from the NASA CALIPSO satellite and aircraft measurements from the IAGOS-CARIBIC observatory. Between 2008 and 2012 volcanism freque...

The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (CAWCR) is developing the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS), a global, coupled atmosphere-ocean climate model based on the Unified Model of the U.K. Met. Office. A high-resolution atmosphere-only version combined with a 4DVAR assimilation system is being used for numerical weather prediction. Validation of the...

Detection of subsurface returns from the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) on the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite were demonstrated. Despite the coarse range resolution of this aerosol lidar, evidence of subsurface scattering was observed as a delay and broadening of the cross-polarized signal relative to the co-polar...

The aerosol vertical distribution in the tropical cyclone (TC) main development region (MDR) during recent active hurricane seasons (2015–2018) was investigated using observations from NASA’s Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Satellite. Total Attenuated Backscatter (TAB) at 532 nm measured by with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP Lidar) onboard CALIPSO ...