GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network
Cloud Observations
GRUAN-RP-5
Details
- ID
GRUAN-RP-5
- Title
Cloud Observations
- Authors
Masatomo Fujiwara, Anthony Reale, Bomin Sun, Xavier Calbet, Marion Maturilli, Belay Demoz, Ricardo K. Sakai, David Lam, David Edwards, Fabio Madonna, Domenico Cimini, Jean-Charles Dupont, Masami Iwabuchi, Rigel Kivi, Fabien Carminati, Tom Gardiner, Michael Sommer, Tzvetan Simeonov, Junhong Wang, and Peter Thorne
- Last version
v1.0 (2022-06-27)
- Status
Published
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Abstract
This document discusses and summarises two separate topics regarding cloud observations to be collected at the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN) sites: (i) recommendations for reporting the existing cloud observations at GRUAN sites (primarily to help identify "clear" scenes for satellite sensor validation), and (ii) initial recommendations for generating cloud-related GRUAN data products, keeping in mind the GCOS cloud-related Essential Climate Variables (ECVs).
History
- v1.0 (2022-06-27)
Fujiwara et al., First published version as GRUAN Report 5 (GRUAN-RP-5).