Cloud climatologies from the infrared sounders AIRS and IASI: strengths and applications

Global cloud climatologies have been built from 13 years of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and 8 years of Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) observations, using an updated Clouds from Infrared Sounders (CIRS) retrieval. The CIRS software can handle any infrared (IR) sounder...

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Main Authors: C. J. Stubenrauch, A. G. Feofilov, S. E. Protopapadaki, R. Armante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-11-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/13625/2017/acp-17-13625-2017.pdf