Acknowledgments

The code was developed as part of two ESA-funded projects. FRM4Radar - Cloud profiling for Cloud Validation (Contract No. 4000122916/17/I-EF) and ACPV - Best practice protocol for validation of Aerosol, Cloud, and Precipitation Profiles (Contract No. 4000140645/23/I-NS). Thanks for the support from ESA, University of Cologne, University of Stonybrook and McGill University. Thanks to the Colleagues involved Lukas Pfitzenmaier, Nils Risse, Pavlos Kollias, Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras and Imke Schirmacher