| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
| Session Title | Cloud Remote Sensing And Applications |
| Main Convener | Dr. Yuekui Yang (USRA/NASA-GSFC, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Ping Wang (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands) Dr. Xingyou Huang (Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China) Dr. Hengchi Lei (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) |
| Session Description | Clouds have profound influence on the atmospheric water balance and the earth’s radiation budget. Almost every satellite mission with earth observing instruments has cloud geophysical products. In recent years, cloud information retrieved from space and ground observations is playing a more and more critical role in the studies of many fields. This session invites contributions on recent advances in cloud remote sensing and applications, including: cloud detection, and cloud optical depth, effective radius, and vertical extension retrievals. We also strongly encourage studies on the applications of cloud information retrieved from both space and surface, including the applications to aviation, weather forecast, solar energy, climate modeling etc. |