2C-ICE

CloudSat Product Stats - Algorithm Developer Edition

Product Version

The Cloudsat and CALIPSO Ice Cloud Property Product (2C-ICE) contains retrieved estimates of ice cloud water content (IWC), effective radius (re) and extinction coefficient for identified ice clouds measured by Cloud profiling Radar (CPR) on CloudSat or the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP; hereafter referred as the Lidar). This 2C-ICE cloud product uses combined inputs of measured radar reflectivity factor from the CloudSat 2BGEOGPROF product and measured attenuated backscattering coefficients at 532 nm from CALISPO lidar to constrain the ice cloud retrieval more tightly than the radar-only product and to generate more accurate results.

Primary Publications

Deng, M., G. G. Mace, Z. Wang, and E. Berry, 2015: CloudSat 2C-ICE product update with a new Ze parameterization in lidar-only region, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 12,198-12,208, doi:10.1002/2015JD023600.

Deng M, Gerald G. Mace, Zhien Wang, and R. Paul Lawson, 2013: Evaluation of Several A-Train Ice Cloud Retrieval Products with In Situ Measurements Collected during the SPARTICUS Campaign. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 1014–1030.

Deng, M., G. G. Mace, Z. Wang, and H. Okamoto, 2010: Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment validation for cirrus cloud profiling retrieval using CloudSat radar and CALIPSO lidar, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00J15, doi:10.1029/2009JD013104 (6)

Process Description and Interface Control Document (PDICD)

File Name	Last Modified
2C-ICE_PDICD.P1_R05.rev0.pdf (1.3 MB)	May 15, 2019

Algorithm Specifications

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Primary Publications

Process Description and Interface Control Document (PDICD)

Algorithm Specifications