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Global distribution of cloud top phase from POLDER/ADEOS I
Author(s) -
Riedi J.,
DoutriauxBoucher M.,
Goloub P.,
Couvert P.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl010921
Subject(s) - environmental science , consistency (knowledge bases) , cloud computing , scale (ratio) , climatology , distribution (mathematics) , remote sensing , meteorology , product (mathematics) , phase (matter) , geography , computer science , geology , cartography , mathematics , mathematical analysis , artificial intelligence , operating system , chemistry , geometry , organic chemistry
The eight months of data acquired by the POLDER instrument have now been processed. This dataset provides daily information on the global distribution of cloud top phase. We present here the results of a statistical analysis of ice and liquid phase occurrence frequencies at the global scale. Temporal variation of these frequencies above land and ocean are analyzed. These results are compared with ISCCP data and the consistency of the POLDER phase product is demonstrated.