Aerosol column burden | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar |
Aerosol effective radius | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar |
Aerosol mass mixing ratio | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar |
Aerosol Optical Depth | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar |
Aerosol type | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar |
Cloud drop effective radius | 5 - marginal | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Cloud ice | 2 - very high | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Cloud ice Total Column | 2 - very high | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Cloud ice effective radius | 5 - marginal | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Cloud liquid water (CLW) | 4 - fair | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Cloud liquid water (CLW) total column | 4 - fair | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Cloud optical depth | 1 - primary | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Cloud top height | 1 - primary | Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Freezing level height in clouds | 2 - very high | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Height of the top of PBL | 1 - primary | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Height of the tropopause | 1 - primary | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Melting layer depth in clouds | 2 - very high | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Detected as discontinuity Mapping capability |
PSC occurrence | 1 - primary | Infrequent coverage. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar, multi-beam. Mapping capability |
Aerosol volcanic ash | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar |
Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | UV/VIS/NIR backscatter lidar |