A23P:
Cloud Observations and Uncertainties II

Session ID#: 5338

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
3006 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Penn State, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, United States and Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
Primary Convener:  Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China
Co-conveners:  Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Penn State, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, United States, Shaocheng Xie, Lawrence Livermore Nat''l Lab, Livermore, United States and Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
Index Terms:

0319 Cloud optics [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0320 Cloud physics and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0321 Cloud/radiation interaction [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Characterizing Uncertainty

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A23P-01
Climate Model Evaluation Using Cloud Observations and Implications for Climate Sensitivity (Invited) (10737)
Jonathan H. Jiang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Hui Su, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, United States
A23P-02
Validating Satellite-Retrieved Cloud Properties for Weather and Climate Applications (Invited) (13267)
Patrick Minnis1, Kristopher M Bedka2, William L Smith Jr3, Mr. Christopher R Yost, MS, Atmospheric Sciences4, Sarah Thomas Bedka5, Rabindra Palikonda6, Douglas Spangenberg6, Sunny Sun-Mack7, Qing Trepte7, Xiquan Dong8 and Baike Xi9, (1)SSAI/Larc, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Center, Science Directorate, Hampton, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States, (4)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, United States, (5)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, United States, (6)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, (7)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, United States, (8)University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, (9)University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
A23P-03
Comparison of Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Properties From CERES-MODIS Edition 4 and DOE ARM AMF Measurements at the Azores (16739)
Baike Xi, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, Patrick Minnis, SSAI/Larc, Hampton, VA, United States and Sunny Sun-Mack, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, United States
A23P-04
Dependence of retrievals of cloud and atmospheric properties on the spectral resolution of infrared measurements (31425)
Penny M Rowe, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, United States, Christopher Cox, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States and Von Patrick Walden, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
A23P-05
How Often and Why MODIS Cloud Property Retrievals Fail for Liquid-Phase Clouds over Ocean? a Comprehensive Analysis Based on a-Train Observations (9410)
Zhibo Zhang, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Physics, Baltimore, United States, Hyoun-Myoung Cho, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States, Steven E Platnick, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Kerry Meyer, USRA-NASA/GSFC, Linthicum Heights, MD, United States and Matthew D Lebsock, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
A23P-06
Infrared Retrievals of Ice Cloud Properties and Uncertainties with an Optimal Estimation Retrieval Method (17778)
Chenxi Wang, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, Steven E Platnick, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Kerry Meyer, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Zhibo Zhang, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Physics, Baltimore, United States
A23P-07
The Impact of Thresholds in Cloud Detection Uncertainty (26183)
Steven A Ackerman, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI, United States, Brent C Maddux, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Robert Holz, UW SSEC, Madison, United States and Richard Frey, CIMSS/UW-Madison, Evansville, WI, United States
A23P-08
On the Formation and Seasonal Properties of Topical Cirrus Clouds over Amazon Basin (2.89ºS, 59.97ºW): Observations from Lidar, Radiosonde and Satellite instruments. (23364)
Diego Alves Gouveia, Henrique M Barbosa and Boris Barja Gonzalez, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
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