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MBL depth/cloud top height estimates VOCALS Region, 20oS

POCKETS of OPEN CELLS (POCs)

MBL depth, LWP, and POC formation MODIS CTH

MBL composite profiles of potential temperature and water vapor Albrecht et al. (JGR, 1995)

Sensor synergy – MBL profile reconstruction Inputs: MODIS LWP => cloud thickness, cloud top temperature pdf AMSR => SST, column WVP GPS => FT moisture, MBL depth AMSR-GPS => MBL moisture path Outputs: MBL moisture/temp stratification Inversion structure (trade wind MBL) Lapse rate (static stability in the MBL)

Entrainment rate estimates Wood and Bretherton et al. (J Climate, 2004)

With independent cloud top height or MBL depth information Lapse rate (MODIS CTT, CALIPSO CTH, SST) Wu et al. (GRSL, 2008)