Cloud top temperatures that cold indicate strong storms that have the capability to create heavy rain. (technologyalpha.net)
Muller, and E.E. Clothiaux, 2002: Comparison of cloud top heights derived from MISR stereo and MODIS CO2 - slicing. (pubs.giss.nasa.gov)
Biases in cloud top temperatures have been reduced to ≲ 2K for lower - level clouds and ≲ 4 K for optically thin, upper - level clouds, except when they occur over lower - level clouds. (pubs.giss.nasa.gov)