Cloud base height Measurements Made by Earth Observation Satellites

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Measurement Definition: Height of the bottom surface of the cloud - Physical unit: [ km ] - Accuracy unit: [ km ].

Instrument	Status/ Accuracy	Instrument Description	Measurement Technology	Timeline
OLCI	Operational	Marine and land services.	n/a
OLS	Operational	Day and night cloud cover imagery.	n/a
VIIRS	Operational	Global observations of land, ocean, and atmosphere parameters: cloud/weather imagery, sea-surface temperature, ocean colour, land surface vegetation indices.	n/a
CPR (EarthCARE)	Being developed	Measurement of cloud properties, light precipitation, vertical motion.	Cloud and precipitation radar
ATLID	Approved	Derivation of cloud and aerosol properties - Measurement of molecular and particle backscatter in Rayleigh, co-polar and cross-polar Mie channels.	n/a