High Pollution Loadings Influence the Reliability of Himawari-8 Cloud-Mask in Comparison with Space-Based Lidar and Surface Observations

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Comparison at 05:30 UTC, 14 December 2016. (a) AHI cloud-mask and the consistency line between AHI and CALIOP, with red for consistency and green for inconsistency; the black pentagrams refer to the in situ PM2.5 measurements. (b) VFM retrieved by CALIOP. (c) Aerosol types detected by CALIOP. (d) Cloud-mask of AHI and CALIOP AOD along the CALIPSO trajectory.

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