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Cloud ice effective radius (column/profile)
Measurement Definition*: Area weighted mean radius of the cloud droplets.
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Advanced MI
Advanced Meteorological Imager
Operational
Continuous monitoring capability for the near real-time generation of high-resolution meteorological products and long-term change analysis of sea surface temperature and cloud coverage.
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
CALIOP
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
Operational
Two-wavelength, polarisation lidar capable of providing aerosol and cloud profiles and properties.
Atmospheric lidar
* Description adapted from WMO.
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