Observations of snow and sea ice cover in Arctic from CALIOP lidar measurements

Xiaomei Lu1,2, Yongxiang Hu1, Zhaoyan Liu3, Sharon D Rodier3, Mark Vaughan2,4, Patricia Lucker2 and Charles R Trepte1, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States