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SUBMITTER: Marchant B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430206 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marchant Benjamin B Platnick Steven S Meyer Kerry K Arnold G Thomas GT Riedi Jérôme J
Atmospheric measurement techniques 20160411 4
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 property products such as cloud optical thickness or effective particle radius. Furthermore, it is wel ...[more]