Published November 21, 2025 | Version v1
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Analysis of Cloud Types and their Geometrical Properties over the Mediterranean using CloudSat Observations

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon National Observatory of Athens
  • 2. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • 3. ROR icon University of Leicester
  • 4. Politecnico of Turin
  • 5. Politecnico di TORINO
  • 6. ROR icon Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • 7. ROR icon Stony Brook University

Description

In this work we utilize space-based radar products from the CloudSat mission to provide statistics
on the properties of the clouds observed above the Mediterranean during the period 2007 – 2017.
CloudSat’s payload, the Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR), is the first spaceborne 94-GHz (W-band) radar
producing vertical cloud profiles over the globe. Three domains are selected in the Mediterranean
to study the geometrical properties and the cloud types by month and altitude.

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Funding

European Commission
PANGEA4CalVal - PANGEA Cal/Val center for enhancing Earth Observation R&I in the Mediterranean 101079201
Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation
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