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Cloud Profiling

Cloud profiling is a lidar remote sensing methodology that characterizes the vertical structure, composition, and distribution of atmospheric cloud layers by analyzing backscattered light signals to distinguish cloud properties such as height, thickness, phase, and optical depth.

195

Publications

20.1K

Citations

758

Authors

242

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2017–2026

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Publications

195

Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms

David M. Winker, Mark Vaughan, Ali Omar et al. · Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology · 2009 · 2.9K citations

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Initial performance assessment of CALIOP

David M. Winker, William H. Hunt, Matthew J. McGill · Geophysical Research Letters · 2007 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Independent measurement of extinction and backscatter profiles in cirrus clouds by using a combined Raman elastic-backscatter lidar

Albert Ansmann, Ulla Wandinger, M. Riebesell et al. · Applied Optics · 1992 · 831 citations

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Fully Automated Detection of Cloud and Aerosol Layers in the CALIPSO Lidar Measurements

Mark Vaughan, Kathleen A. Powell, David M. Winker et al. · Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology · 2009 · 738 citations

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Objective Determination of Cloud Heights and Radar Reflectivities Using a Combination of Active Remote Sensors at the ARM CART Sites

Eugene E. Clothiaux, Thomas P. Ackerman, Gerald G. Mace et al. · Journal of Applied Meteorology · 2000 · 611 citations · Full text

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Authors

758

  1. DM
    David M. Winker

    Langley Research Center, United States

    12 publications · 6.6K citations

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  2. MV
    Mark Vaughan

    Langley Research Center, United States

    11 publications · 4.8K citations

    11

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  3. GL
    Graeme L. Stephens

    Colorado State University, United States

    10 publications · 1.5K citations

    10

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  4. ST
    Simone Tanelli

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. PK
    Pavlos Kollias

    McGill University, Canada

    9 publications · 361 citations

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Institutions

242

  1. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    24 h-index

    70 publications

    24.4K citations

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    20 h-index

    54 publications

    5.3K citations

  3. Science Systems and Applications (United States)

    Lanham, United States

    18 h-index

    43 publications

    11.1K citations

  4. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    18 h-index

    62 publications

    5K citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    3.1K citations

  6. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    11 h-index

    21 publications

    1K citations

  7. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    11 h-index

    35 publications

    5.4K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Atmospheric measurement techniques

    21 publications · 861 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 16 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

    15 publications · 4.6K citations

    14

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 12 publications · 686 citations

    12

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    11 publications · 2.7K citations

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