Menu


Find the EGU on

Follow us on Twitter Find us on Facebook Find us on Google+ Find us on LinkedIn Find us on YouTube

Tag your tweets with #egu2012
(What is this?)

AS3.12

Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols: Techniques and Applications
Convener: Jan Cermak  | Co-Conveners: Gerrit de Leeuw , Alexander Kokhanovsky 
Oral Programme
 / Wed, 25 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / 13:30–15:00  / Room 10
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Wed, 25 Apr, 17:30–19:00  / Hall X/Y

Satellite remote sensing of clouds and aerosols is of vital importance in the creation of long-term uniform global records of climate-relevant parameters such as aerosol and cloud optical thickness, cloud height, particle size, liquid water path and vertical particulate matter columns. A number of unsolved problems remain in algorithms and their application. This includes remote sensing of clouds and aerosols with accounts for 3-D effects, remote sensing of polluted and mixed clouds, combination of ground-based and satellite-based remote sensing. The errors in retrievals are still large and must be reduced. This session is aimed at the discussion of current problems and trends in aerosol and cloud remote sensing using active and passive remote sensing systems.