How Clouds and Aerosols Modulate the Radiation Balance over Cape Verde

Description

• What influences the radiation balance in Mindelo (e.g. Island effects, desert dust, cloud regime)?
• This question will be addressed by analyzing broadband and spectral aerosol and cloud radiative effects with a focus on radiation closure studies at Mindelo (Cape Verde) ACTRIS station, using new geostationary satellite (MTG) and reference surface observations.
• The study includes:
• - Cloud and aerosol cases selected from the novel Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) onboard MTG.
• - Use of radiation transfer forward model for spectral and broadband simulations with input from surface observations (e.g., Cloudnet including cloud radar, lidar and microwave radiometer)
• - Radiative closure with model simulation, and satellite and surface observations for validation.
• - First comparisons with new EarthCARE radiation products.