The table below is last updated on Sep 14, 2021 based on Shannon Mason's presentation during the 2nd validation workshop in May 2021.
| Cloud-top, vertically integrated and layerwise retrieval product | Vertical profiles at nadir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quantity | At nadir | Across-track | Quantity | Products | |
Macrophysics | Cloud-top height | M-COP, A-CTH, A-TC, | M-COP, AM-CTH | Cloud/precipitation fraction | A-TC, C-TC, AC-TC |
Cloud-top phase & type | M-CM, A-TC, C-TC, AC-TC | M-CM, AM-CTH | Cloud/precipitation classification | A-TC, C-TC, AC-TC | |
Aerosol layer height/depth | A-ALD, A-TC | AM-ACD | Aerosol fraction | A-TC, ACM-COM | |
Aerosol layer classification | A-ALD, A-TC | AM-ACD | Aerosol species | A-TC, ACM-COM | |
Ice cloud & snow | Optical thickness | M-COP, A-EBD, ACM-CAP | M-COP | Extinction | A-EBD, ACM-COM, ACM-CAP |
Effective radius | M-COP, A-ICE, ACM-CAP | M-COP | Effective radius | A-ICE, ACM-COM ACM-CAP | |
Water path | M-COP, A-ICE, C-CLD, ACM-CAP | M-COP | Water content | A-ICE, ACM-COM, ACM-CAP | |
Surface snow rate | C-CLD, ACM-CAP | Snow rate | C-CLD, ACM-CAP | ||
Snow median diameter | C-CLD, ACM-CAP | ||||
Extinction-to- backscatter ratio | A-EBD, ACM-CAP | ||||
Liquid cloud | Optical thickness | M-COP, A-EBD, ACM-CAP | M-COP | Extinction | A-EBD, ACM-COM, ACM-CAP |
Effective radius | M-COP, ACM-CAP | M-COP | Effective radius | ACM-COM, ACM-CAP | |
Water path | M-COP, ACM-CAP | M-COP | Water content | C-CLD, ACM-COM, ACM-CAP | |
Rain | Surface rain rate | C-CLD, ACM-CAP | Rain rate | C-CLD, ACM-CAP | |
| Rain water path | C-CLD, ACM-CAP | Rain water content | C-CLD, ACM-CAP | ||
Median drop size | C-CLD, ACM-CAP | ||||
Aerosol (per species) | Aerosol optical thickness | M-AOT, A-ALD, A-AER, | M-AOT, AM-ACD | Aerosol extinction | A-AER, A-EBD, |
| Layer-mean extinction-to-backscatter ratio | A-ALD | Extinction-to- backscatter ratio | A-AER, A-EBD, | ||
| Layer-mean particle linear depolarisation ratio | A-ALD | Particle linear depolarisation ratio | A-AER, A-EBD | ||
Ångström exponent | M-AOT (670/865nm), AM-ACD (355/670nm) | M-AOT (670/865nm), AM-ACD (355/670nm) | |||
| Radiation | Broadband radiances at TOA | BM-RAD, ACM-RT | Broadband radiances | ACM-RT | |
| Radiative fluxes at TOA | BMA-FLX, ACM-RT | Radiative fluxes | ACM-RT | ||
| Heating rates | ACM-RT | ||||