Cloud property datasets retrieved from AVHRR, MODIS, AATSR and MERIS in the framework of the Cloud_cci project

Stengel, Martin; Stapelberg, Stefan; Sus, Oliver; Schlundt, Cornelia; Poulsen, Caroline; Thomas, Gareth; Christensen, Matthew; Carbajal Henken, Cintia; Preusker, Rene; Fischer, Jürgen; Devasthale, Abhay; Willén, Ulrika; Karlsson, Karl-Göran; McGarragh, Gregory R.; Proud, Simon; Povey, Adam C.; Grainger, Roy G.; Meirink, Jan Fokke; Feofilov, Artem; Bennartz, Ralf; Bojanowski, Jedrzej S.; Hollmann, Rainer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-881-2017

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-881-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-881-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

23 Nov 2017

| 23 Nov 2017

Cloud property datasets retrieved from AVHRR, MODIS, AATSR and MERIS in the framework of the Cloud_cci project

Martin Stengel, Stefan Stapelberg, Oliver Sus, Cornelia Schlundt, Caroline Poulsen, Gareth Thomas, Matthew Christensen, Cintia Carbajal Henken, Rene Preusker, Jürgen Fischer, Abhay Devasthale, Ulrika Willén, Karl-Göran Karlsson, Gregory R. McGarragh, Simon Proud, Adam C. Povey, Roy G. Grainger, Jan Fokke Meirink, Artem Feofilov, Ralf Bennartz, Jedrzej S. Bojanowski, and Rainer Hollmann

Data sets

Cloud_cci AVHRR-AM M. Stengel, O. Sus, S. Stapelberg, C. Schlundt, C. Poulsen, and R. Hollmann https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-AM/V002

Cloud_cci AVHRR-PM M. Stengel, O. Sus, S. Stapelberg, C. Schlundt, C. Poulsen, and R. Hollmann https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-PM/V002

Cloud_cci MODIS-Terra M. Stengel, O. Sus, S. Stapelberg, C. Schlundt, C. Poulsen, and R. Hollmann https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/MODIS-Terra/V002

Cloud_cci MODIS-Aqua M. Stengel, O. Sus, S. Stapelberg, C. Schlundt, C. Poulsen, and R. Hollmann https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/MODIS-Aqua/V002

Cloud_cci ATSR2-AATSR C. Poulsen, G. McGarragh, G. Thomas, M. Christensen, A. Povey, D. Grainger, S. Proud, and R. Hollmann https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/ATSR2-AATSR/V002

Cloud_cci MERIS+AATSR C. Carbajal Henken, R. Preusker, J. Fischer, and R. Hollmann https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/MERIS+AATSR/V002

Short summary

We present new cloud property datasets based on measurements from the passive imaging satellite sensors AVHRR, MODIS, ATSR2, AATSR and MERIS. Retrieval systems were developed that include cloud detection and cloud typing followed by optimal estimation retrievals of cloud properties (e.g. cloud-top pressure, effective radius, optical thickness, water path). Special features of all datasets are spectral consistency and rigorous uncertainty propagation from pixel-level data to monthly properties.