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Averaged seasonal cycles of cloud cover, as observed by the CALIPSO-CALIOP sensor over the 2007\u20132015 period, were also used as an additional independent and high-quality reference for the study of global cloud cover. All CDRs show good agreement on global cloud amounts (~65%) and also a weak negative trend (0.5\u20131.9% per decade) over the period of investigation. Deviations between the CDRs are seen especially over the southern mid-latitude region and over the poles. Particularly good results are shown by PATMOS-x and by ESA Cloud CCI V3 when compared to the CALIPSO-CALIOP reference. Results for cloud top pressure show large differences (~60 hPa) between ISCCP-HGM and the other CDRs for the global mean. The two CDR groups show also opposite signs in the trend over the period.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10101567","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,2]],"date-time":"2018-10-02T08:23:50Z","timestamp":1538468630000},"page":"1567","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":46,"title":["Inter-Comparison and Evaluation of the Four Longest Satellite-Derived Cloud Climate Data Records: CLARA-A2, ESA Cloud CCI V3, ISCCP-HGM, and PATMOS-x"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Karl-G\u00f6ran","family":"Karlsson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Folkborgsv\u00e4gen 17, 601 76 Norrk\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6717-8343","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abhay","family":"Devasthale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Folkborgsv\u00e4gen 17, 601 76 Norrk\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Stocker, T.F., Qin, D., Plattner, G.-K., Tignor, M., Allen, S.K., Boschung, J., Nauels, A., Xia, Y., Bex, V., and Midgley, P.M. 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