Building a 15-Year Cloud Climatology using Lidar in Space Observations: CALIOP and CloudSat now, EarthCARE next.

Mathieu Reverdy1, Hélène Chepfer2, David P Donovan3, Vincent Noel4, Roger Marchand5, Grégory Cesana6, Christophe Hoareau7, Marjolaine Chiriaco8 and Sophie Bastin8, (1)Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France, (2)Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique Palaiseau, Palaiseau Cedex, France, (3)Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, 3730, Netherlands, (4)Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Toulouse, France, (5)University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, United States, (6)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Palaiseau Cedex, France, (8)LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Paris Cedex 05, France
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