Applications of a CloudSat-TRMM and CloudSat-GPM Satellite Coincidence Dataset

CloudSat-Based Assessment of GPM Microwave Imager Snowfall Observation Capabilities

The sensitivity of Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) high-frequency channels to snowfall at higher latitudes (around 60◦N/S) is investigated using coincident CloudSat observations. The 166 GHz channel is highlighted throughout the study due to its ice scattering sensitivity and polarization information. The analysis of three case studies evidences the important combi...

CloudSat Algorithm Uncertainty Synthesis

AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO clouds

B. H. Kahn, M. T. Chahine, G. L. Stephens, G. G. Mace, R. T. Marchand, Z. Wang, C. D. Barnet, A. Eldering, R. E. Holz, R. E. Kuehn, and D. G. Vane Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Joint Institut...

Multiple scattering effects for Cloudsat

Evaluation of radar multiple scattering effects in Cloudsat configuration A. Battaglia, M. O. Ajewole, and C. Simmer Meteorological Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria Meteorological Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Received: 26 April 2006 – Accepted: 14 July 2006 – Published: 28 August 2006 Corresponde...

CloudSat Radar Instrument Design and Development Status

The Cloud Profiling Radar is the key science instrument for the CloudSat Mission to acquire a global data set of vertical atmospheric cloud structure and its variability. CPR is a 94-GHz nadir-looking radar that measures the power backscattered by clouds as a function of distance from the radar. This sensor is expected to provide cloud measurements at a 500-m vertical resolution and a 1.5-km ho...