Exploiting the sensitivity of two satellite cloud height retrievals to cloud vertical distribution

Carbajal Henken, C. K.; Doppler, L.; Lindstrot, R.; Preusker, R.; Fischer, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3419-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3419-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3419-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 8

Research article

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24 Aug 2015

Research article |

| 24 Aug 2015

Exploiting the sensitivity of two satellite cloud height retrievals to cloud vertical distribution

C. K. Carbajal Henken, L. Doppler, R. Lindstrot, R. Preusker, and J. Fischer

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RC C596: 'Review for the manuscript : amt-2015-22 Author(s): C.K. Carbajal Henken et al. MS Type: Research Article', Anonymous Referee #3, 08 Apr 2015
- AC C2018: 'Reply to Referees', Cintia Carbajal Henken, 16 Jul 2015
RC C806: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Apr 2015
- AC C2019: 'Reply to Referees', Cintia Carbajal Henken, 16 Jul 2015
AC C2020: 'updated discussion paper', Cintia Carbajal Henken, 16 Jul 2015

Short summary

This work presents a study on the sensitivity of two independent satellite cloud height retrievals to cloud vertical distribution. The difference in sensitivity of an oxygen-A absorption band and a thermal infrared based cloud height retrieval, the former being more sensitive to cloud vertical distribution, is exploited by relating the cloud height differences to cloud vertical extent. This could potentially provide additional information on cloud vertical distribution on a global scale.