Abstract:In this paper, the secondary cloud classification product data(combined with CALIPSO satellite which has the aerosol lidar) 2 B-CLDCLASS-LIDAR provided by the Cloudsat satellite belonging to the A-Train satellite train were used. And a total of 8 years of sample data from March 2007 to February 2010 and March 2013 to February 2016 were employed for statistical analysis which studied the distribution characteristics of various clouds in the major aerosol emission areas of the Northern Hemisphere(eastern China, eastern US, and western Europe).Resultsshow that in the 8 types of clouds that appear as single-layer clouds, the total occurrence frequency of cirrus, stratocumulus and cumulus is as high as 50% to 70%, followed by altostratus, altocumulus and nimbostratus. While the two types of clouds, deep convective clouds and stratus, account for less than 10%. The spatial distribution of the occurrence frequency of clouds can be as high as 90% for cirrus and stratocumulus, about 70% to 80% for altostratus, and nearly 70% for altocumulus and cumulus, while only nearly 20% for deep convective clouds and stratus. Among them, cirrus, deep convective clouds and cumulus are mostly found in low-latitude marine areas. Altostratus and altocumulus are mostly found in mid-low latitudes land areas where are industrially developed. Stratocumulus and stratus and nimbostratus are mostly found in mid-high latitudes, but stratocumulus and stratus mostly occurred in marine areas, nimbostratus mostly occurred in land areas and the occurrence frequency of nimbostratus occurring in sea and land is not much different. The frequency of different cloud types in different seasons is obviously different. The occurrence of clouds in spring and autumn is relatively less. In summer, cloud types occurring most are mainly cirrus, deep convective clouds, cumulus and stratus. And the table cloud types, such as altostratus and stratocumulus and nimbostratus, dominate in winter. It is also found that the monthly changes in the occurrence frequency of cirrus and stratocumulus are opposite, while the monthly changes in the occurrence frequency of altostratus and nimbostratus are similar.