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Paper Abstract
In the past few years, we have demonstrated how the surface return measured by the active
instruments onboard CloudSat and CALIPSO could be used to retrieve the optical depth and backscatter
phase function (lidar ratio) of aerosols and ice clouds. This methodology lead to the development of a
data fusion product publicly available at the ICARE archive center using the Synergized Optical Depth of
Aerosols and Ice Clouds (SODA & ICE) algorithm1. This algorithm, also allowing to derive ocean surface
wind speed, has been extended to include dense cloud surface return to analyze aerosol and cloud
properties above such clouds.
This low level data fusion of CALIPSO and CloudSat ocean surface echoes has been used by several
researchers to explore different research paths. Among them, we can cite:
• A new characterization of the lidar ratio of cirrus clouds2
• The analysis of the precipitable water and development of a new Millimeter-Wave Propagation
Model for the W-Band observations (EMPIRIMA3)
• The analysis of the lidar ratio of sea-spray aerosols4, and of Aerosol multilayer lidar ratio and
extinction5
• A contribution to the retrieval of the subsurface particulate backscatter coefficients of
phytoplankton particles6
In this paper, we present the main features of SODA & ICE, summarizing some of the results obtained.
This low level data fusion of CALIPSO and CloudSat ocean surface echoes has been used by several
researchers to explore different research paths. Among them, we can cite:
A new characterization of the lidar ratio of cirrus clouds2
The analysis of the precipitable water and development of a new Millimeter-Wave Propagation
Model for the W-Band observations (EMPIRIMA3)
The analysis of the lidar ratio of sea-spray aerosols4, and of Aerosol multilayer lidar ratio and
extinction5
A contribution to the retrieval of the subsurface particulate backscatter coefficients of
phytoplankton particles6
In this paper, we present the main features of SODA & ICE, summarizing some of the results obtained.
Paper Details
Date Published: 19 May 2015
PDF: 14 pages
Proc. SPIE 9459, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VII, 94590N (19 May 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2181544
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9459:
Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VII
Weilin W. Hou; Robert A. Arnone, Editor(s)
PDF: 14 pages
Proc. SPIE 9459, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VII, 94590N (19 May 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2181544
Show Author Affiliations
D. Josset, U.S. Naval Research Lab. (United States)
W. Hou, U.S. Naval Research Lab. (United States)
J. Pelon, LATMOS/IPSL (France)
Y. Hu, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (United States)
W. Hou, U.S. Naval Research Lab. (United States)
J. Pelon, LATMOS/IPSL (France)
Y. Hu, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (United States)
S. Tanelli, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
R. Ferrare, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (United States)
S. Burton, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (United States)
N. Pascal, ICARE/Univ. Lille 1 (France)
R. Ferrare, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (United States)
S. Burton, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (United States)
N. Pascal, ICARE/Univ. Lille 1 (France)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9459:
Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VII
Weilin W. Hou; Robert A. Arnone, Editor(s)
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