An overview of the CATS level 1 processing algorithms and data products

JE Yorks, MJ McGill, SP Palm… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Cloud‐Aerosol Transport System (CATS) is an elastic backscatter lidar that was
launched on 10 January 2015 to the International Space Station (ISS). CATS provides both …

Australian pyroCb smoke generates synoptic‐scale stratospheric anticyclones

GP Kablick III, DR Allen, MD Fromm… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fires in southeastern Australia produced at least 18 pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) between
29 December 2019 and 4 January 2020. The largest plumes from this event exhibited …

[HTML][HTML] Fully automated detection of cloud and aerosol layers in the CALIPSO lidar measurements

MA Vaughan, KA Powell, DM Winker… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
Fully Automated Detection of Cloud and Aerosol Layers in the CALIPSO Lidar
Measurements in: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Volume 26 Issue 10 (2009) …

[HTML][HTML] Extinction and optical depth retrievals for CALIPSO's Version 4 data release

SA Young, MA Vaughan, A Garnier… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - amt.copernicus.org
The Cloud–Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) on board the Cloud–
Aerosol Lidar Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite has been …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the radiative effects of global ice clouds based on CloudSat and CALIPSO measurements

Y Hong, G Liu, JLF Li - Journal of Climate, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Although it is well established that cirrus warms Earth, the radiative effect of the entire
spectrum of ice clouds is not well understood. In this study, the role of all ice clouds in Earth's …

Application of the CALIOP layer product to evaluate the vertical distribution of aerosols estimated by global models: AeroCom phase I results

B Koffi, M Schulz, FM Bréon, J Griesfeller… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The CALIOP (Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization) layer product is used for a
multimodel evaluation of the vertical distribution of aerosols. Annual and seasonal aerosol …

Estimation of the vertical profile of sulfur dioxide injection into the atmosphere by a volcanic eruption using satellite column measurements and inverse transport …

S Eckhardt, AJ Prata, P Seibert… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2008 - acp.copernicus.org
An analytical inversion method has been developed to estimate the vertical profile of SO 2
emissions from volcanic eruptions. The method uses satellite-observed total SO 2 columns …

Microphysical and macrophysical responses of marine stratocumulus polluted by underlying ships: Evidence of cloud deepening

MW Christensen, GL Stephens - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ship tracks observed by the Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP)
were analyzed to determine the extent to which aerosol plumes from ships passing below …

[HTML][HTML] The CALIPSO version 4.5 stratospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm

JL Tackett, J Kar, MA Vaughan… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
The accurate classification of aerosol types injected into the stratosphere is important to
properly characterize their chemical and radiative impacts within the Earth climate system …

Airborne validation of spatial properties measured by the CALIPSO lidar

MJ McGill, MA Vaughan, CR Trepte… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite
provides a new and exciting opportunity to study clouds and aerosols in the Earth's …