The global assessment of MODIS missed liquid water path retrievals in oceanic clouds

Liquid water path (LWP) from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) measurement has been used as an important data source in cloud microphysics studies. However, due to the limitation of the visible-band retrieval methods under ice cloud conditions, the LWPs of mixed clouds are usually missed by MODIS. Another retrieval algorithm based on microwave signals can avoid the limitation. In this study, ten years (2002～2011) of