The EarthCARE Satellite: The Next Step Forward in Global Measurements of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Radiation
University of Reading · Environment and Climate Change Canada · +18 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract The collective representation within global models of aerosol, cloud, precipitation, and their radiative properties remains unsatisfactory. They constitute the largest source of uncertainty in predictions of climatic change and hamper the ability of numerical weather prediction models to forecast high-impact weather events. The joint European Space Agency (ESA)–Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Earth Clouds, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite mission, scheduled for launch in 2018, will help to resolve these weaknesses by providing global profiles of cloud, aerosol, precipitation, and associated radiative properties inferred from a combination of measurements made by its…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 28.04
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 85
Authors
29- AJA. J. IllingworthCorresponding
University of Reading
- HWHoward W. Barker
Environment and Climate Change Canada
- ABAnton Beljaars
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
- MCM. Ceccaldi
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales
- HCHélène Chepfer
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique
Topics & keywords
- Environmental science
- Lidar
- Aerosol
- Remote sensing
- Satellite
- Meteorology
- Cirrus
- Cloud top
- Climate action