Evaluating the MODIS multilayer cloud classification product through comparisons with CALIOP

Benjamin Marchant1,2, Steven E Platnick1, Kerry Meyer2 and Galina Wind3, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States