Cloud Liquid Water

CLW, Liquid Water Content, LWC, Total Cloud Liquid Water/Ice

It is the amount of liquid water per unit volume of air
Cloud Liquid Water is usually expressed either in g/m³ or g/kg. It varies greatly from cloud to cloud. On the average, for a typical cloud it varies from 0.05 to 3 g/m³ . Cloud Liquid Water plays an important role in the transport of energy (latent heat) in the earth-atmosphere system.

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Parameter	Units	Platform /Instrument	Data Products
			Begin Date	End Date	Data Access	Doc
Cloud Ice/Water Content	g/m3	Aura/MLS	2004-08-08	Current	ML2IWC	Y
					ML2H2O	Y
Total Cloud Liquid Water	kg/m2	Aqua/AIRS	2002-08-30	Current	AIRX2SUP	Y
					AIRS Level3	Y
Cloud Liquid Water Content (14 layers)	g/m3	TRMM/TMI	1997-12-07	Current	TRMM_2A12	Y
					TRMM_3A12	Y
		TRMM/PR	1997-12-07	Current	TRMM_3B31	Y