Quicklooks of Cloudnet products from AMF Niamey

Target classification (Level 2)

A simplification of the "categorization" dataset: radar and lidar targets are shown in 9 different classes, including different types of cloud, precipitation, aerosol and insects.

Cloud fraction (Level 2)

Cloud fraction by area and volume calculated from the target categorization dataset. The corresponding cloud fraction from the various models is shown for comparison.

Ice water content (Level 2): IWC-Z-T method

Calculated from radar reflectivity factor and temperature using an empirical formula derived from the EUCREX aircraft dataset (Hogan 2003, document in preparation).

Turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate (Level 2)

Calculated from the 30-s standard deviation of the 1-s mean radar Doppler velocities (Bouniol et al. 2003, Proc. 31st AMS Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Seattle: PDF).

Liquid water content (Level 2)

Calculated from radar/lidar derived cloud boundaries and constrained by liquid water path, if available, from dual-wavelength microwave radiometers