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• Eikenberg_et_al_2010_ACP pdf

• Period: 01.07.2009 - 31.10.2009
• Only those pixels displayed enter the frequency distributions, i.e., only those within the CloudSat detection range (0.001-1 g m^-3 / -26-+30 dBZ).

• ma : moving average (over the profiles; along CloudSat track), only applied on CloudSat data
  
• all : all 3 data sets detect the cloud, i.e., only overlapping cloud regions are included
  
• T : T < = -10degC
  
• C : CLC >= 50%
  
• H : HTOPCON = 0
  
• A : total column attenuation < = 3 dBZ
  

i.e., number of pixels where -27 dBZ < Z < +29 dBZ in percent

normalized on the number N auf pixels included

	IWC		dBZ
criteria	ma = 1	ma = 37	ma = 1	ma = 37
T
C
H
A
TCH / TCHA

normalized on the number N auf pixels included

	IWC		dBZ
criteria	ma = 1	ma = 37	ma = 1	ma = 37
C
H
A
H0C / H0CA

normalized on the number N auf pixels included

	IWC	IIWC	dBZ
criteria	ma = 37	ma = 37	ma = 37
m=37, H0C / H0CA
m=37, H1C / H1CA
m=37, H2C / H2CA

normalized with the total number N of pixels (whether included or not)
solid: IWC; dashed: ice-only IWC; dotted: SWC

		IWC		dBZ
criteria	region	ma = 1	ma = 37	ma = 1	ma = 37
	global
	poles
	mid-lats
	tropics
HC / HCA	global
HC / HCA	poles
HC / HCA	mid-lats
HC / HCA	tropics

normalized with the total number N of pixels (whether included or not)
solid: IWC; dashed: ice-only IWC; dotted: SWC

	IWC	dBZ
	ma = 37	ma = 37
H1C / H1CA

• solid line: IWP; dashed line: SWP; dotted line: ice-only IWP
• red: CloudSat; blue: gme; green: GME1007

| ^ ma = 37 |

T
C
H
TH0C
TH1C
TH2C

• Equivalent to PDF but (1) not normalized and (2) multiplied by IWC.
• Takes quite long to calculate correctly, this is first guess with lower and upper boundaries of the IWC bins.

^ ^ min ^ max ^

versus height
versus temperature