A23P:
Cloud Observations and Uncertainties II

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Penn State, University Park, PA, United States and Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
Primary Conveners:  Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China
Co-conveners:  Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Penn State, University Park, PA, United States, Shaocheng Xie, Lawrence Livermore Nat''l Lab, Livermore, CA, United States and Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
A23P-01
 
Climate Model Evaluation Using Cloud Observations and Implications for Climate Sensitivity
Jonathan H. Jiang, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Hui Su, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States
1:55 PM
A23P-02
 
Validating Satellite-Retrieved Cloud Properties for Weather and Climate Applications
Patrick Minnis1, Kristopher M Bedka2, William Smith Jr3, Christopher R Yost4, Sarah T Bedka4, Rabindra Palikonda4, Douglas Spangenberg4, Sunny Sun-Mack4, Qing Trepte4, Xiquan Dong5 and Baike Xi5, (1)Nasa Larc, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Center, Climate Science Branch, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
2:10 PM
A23P-03
 
Comparison of Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Properties From CERES-MODIS Edition 4 and DOE ARM AMF Measurements at the Azores
Baike Xi1, Xiquan Dong1, Patrick Minnis2 and Sunny Sun-Mack3, (1)University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, (2)Nasa Larc, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States
2:25 PM
A23P-04
 
Dependence of retrievals of cloud and atmospheric properties on the spectral resolution of infrared measurements
Penny M Rowe, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 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
2:40 PM
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
Zhibo Zhang1, Hyoun-Myoung Cho1, Steven E Platnick2, Kerry Meyer3 and Matthew D Lebsock4, (1)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)USRA-NASA/GSFC, Linthicum Heights, MD, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
2:55 PM
A23P-06
 
Infrared Retrievals of Ice Cloud Properties and Uncertainties with an Optimal Estimation Retrieval Method
Chenxi Wang, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, 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, Baltimore, MD, United States
3:10 PM
A23P-07
 
The Impact of Thresholds in Cloud Detection Uncertainty
Steven A Ackerman1, Brent C Maddux1, Robert Holz2 and Richard Frey3, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)UW SSEC, Madison, WI, United States, (3)CIMSS/UW-Madison, Evansville, WI, United States
3:25 PM
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.
Diego ALVES Gouveia, Henrique M Barbosa and Boris Barja Gonzalez, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
 
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