A global gridded dataset for cloud vertical structure from combined CloudSat and CALIPSO observations

Bertrand, Leah; Kay, Jennifer E.; Haynes, John; de Boer, Gijs

doi:10.5194/essd-16-1301-2024

Title: A global gridded dataset for cloud vertical structure from combined CloudSat and CALIPSO observations

Journal Article · 13 March 2024 · Earth System Science Data (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-1301-2024 · OSTI ID:2323935

; Kay, Jennifer E.; Haynes, John;

Abstract. The vertical structure of clouds has a profound effect on the global energy budget, the global circulation, and the atmospheric hydrological cycle. The CloudSat and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) missions have taken complementary, colocated observations of cloud vertical structure for over a decade. However, no globally gridded dataset is available to the public for the full length of this unique combined data record. Here we present the 3S-GEOPROF-COMB product (Bertrand et al. 2023, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8057791), a globally gridded (level 3S) community data product summarizing geometrical profiles (GEOPROF) of hydrometeor occurrence from combined (COMB) CloudSat and CALIPSO data. Our product is calculated from the latest release (R05) of per-orbit (level-2) combined cloud mask profiles. We process a set of cloud cover, vertical cloud fraction, and sampling variables at 2.5, 5, and 10° spatial resolutions and monthly and seasonal temporal resolutions. We address the 2011 reduction in CloudSat data collection with Daylight-Only Operations (DO-Op) mode by subsampling pre-2011 data to mimic DO-Op collection patterns, thereby allowing users to evaluate the impact of the reduced sampling on their analyses. We evaluate our data product against CloudSat-only and CALIPSO-only global-gridded data products as well as four comparable surface-based sites, underscoring the added value of the combined product. Interest in the product is anticipated for the study of cloud processes, cloud–climate interactions, and as a candidate baseline climate data record for comparison to follow-up satellite missions, among other uses.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0013306

OSTI ID:: 2323935

Journal Information:: Earth System Science Data (Online), Journal Name: Earth System Science Data (Online) Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 16; ISSN 1866-3516

Publisher:: Copernicus GmbHCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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