Early results from EarthCARE cloud microphysics and Doppler Velocity products

This paper introduces the early results obtained from the active sensor-based EarthCARE JAXA Level 2 cloud and precipitation microphysics products (Sato et al., 2024, Sato and Okamoto, 2023). In the microphysics retrievals, a maximum of two size modes in each vertical grid are considered to treat coexistence of cloud liquid particles and ice/snow in the mixed phase, transition from cloud ice to snow and cloud liquid to precipitation in the ice phase and liquid phase, respectively. Ice and snow are classified into five different habit categories, and their vertical resolved geographical distributions are investigated together with their microphysical properties, Doppler velocity-related products such as hydrometeor fall speeds and air vertical velocities, and environmental conditions.