Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net 1867-8610 3 4 2010 10.5194/amtd-3-3877-2010 http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/3/3877/2010/ http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/3/3877/2010/amtd-3-3877-2010.html http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/3/3877/2010/amtd-3-3877-2010.pdf 3877 3906 2010-08-26 Retrieval of macrophysical cloud parameters from MIPAS: algorithm description and preliminary validation J. Hurley hurley@atm.ox.ac.uk A. Dudhia R. G. Grainger Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, Parks Road, Oxford The Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) onboard ENVISAT has the potential to be particularly useful for studying high, thin clouds, which have been difficult to observe in the past. 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