An efficient method for microphysical property retrievals in vertically inhomogeneous marine water clouds using MODIS–CloudSat measurements


Masanori Saito1, Ping Yang2, Yongxiang Hu3, Xu Liu3, Norman G Loeb3, William L Smith Jr4 and Patrick Minnis5, (1)Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (2)Texas A&M Univ, College Station, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States, (5)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States