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ERBE and AVHRR Cirrus cloud fire studyUnderstanding the impact of cirrus clouds on the global radiation budget is essential to determining the role of clouds in the process of climate change. The ongoing Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) is charged with measuring the global radiation balance at the top of the atmosphere. The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) is measuring global cloud amounts and properties over a time frame similar to ERBE. Specific cloud properties are absent from the ERBE program, while ISCCP lacks the broadband radiances necessary to determine the total radiation fields. Together, results from these two global programs have the potential for improving the knowledge of the relationship between cirrus clouds and the Earth radiation balance. The First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE), especially its cirrus Intensive Field Observations (IFO), provides opportunities for studying radiation measurements from the ERBE taken over areas with known cirrus cloud properties. Satellite measurements taken during the IFO are used to determine the broadband radiation fields over cirrus clouds and to examine the relationship between narrowband and broadband radiances over various known scenes. The latter constitutes the link between the ERBE and the ISCCP.
Document ID
19910001159
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Harrison, Edwin F. (Planning Research Corp. Hampton, VA., United States)
Minnis, Patrick (Planning Research Corp. Hampton, VA., United States)
Wielicki, Bruce A. (Planning Research Corp. Hampton, VA., United States)
Heck, Patrick W. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Gupta, S. K. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Young, David F. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Gibson, G. G. (Planning Research Corp. Hampton, VA., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: FIRE Science Results 1988
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
91N10472
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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