The radiative effect of boundary layer clouds: Can aircraft measurements improve regional estimates?

Sebastian Schmidt1, Graham Feingold2, Peter Pilewskie3, Jens Redemann4, Odele Coddington5, Bruce C Kindel3, Shi Song6, Samuel E LeBlanc7, Sabrina Cochrane6 and Hong Chen8, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, United States, (2)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (4)University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology, Norman, United States, (5)University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (8)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States