The hydrological cycle, general circulation and radiative forcing are the aspect of
cloud that makes cloud is a cynosure to meteorologists as well as common man across
the globe. Precise prescription of cloud (microphysical and dynamical) processes and
accurate representation of cloud feedback in general circulation and climate models are
the need of the hour for better model forecasts. The research emphasized importance
of cloud vertical structure (CVS) on the atmospheric circulation through the effect of
variation of cloud top/base height, cloud thickness, height distribution of multilayered
clouds are the significant modifiers of vertical and horizontal gradients in the radiative
and latent heat profiles and the fluxes. Furthermore, cloud type is yet another important
aspect of cloud that is also firmly coupled to the CVS. Thanks to cloud radar reflectivity
profiling that makes the CVS is reality and pragmatic observable than earlier conceived
hypothetical or synthesize information. In the realms of meteorology, Indian Summer
Monsoon (ISM) is one of the most investigated enigmatic large scale dynamic system
that serves as natural laboratory for cloud studies. The convective cloud systems over
the ISM region vitally modify the thermal structure and moisture budget of the
troposphere column by releasing latent heat (microphysical) and affecting radiative
heating and through precipitation. Therefore, detailed study on the CVS is need of the
hour that helps in accessing the comprehensive role of clouds in limit of the ISM
endurance (setting up, maintaining and advancement/withdrawal). Better spatial and
temporal cloud measurements were only possible recently after the CloudSat mission
that has triggered the important CVS studies connected to ISM region. The inherent
temporal limitation of space based measurements will be circumvent with indigenously
developed quality controlling algorithm on the IITM's cloud radar measurements over an
Western Ghats site to capture the large scale ISM's smaller scale CVS aspects for
versatile characterization based on the cloud macro-,micro-physical and dynamical
processes. Then, the large areal complemented CloudSat assisted CVS information has
been cross-verified for formerly confirm the results of ground based cloud radar results
in accessing the merit of ISM performance through cloud vertical structure.