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Integrated Cloud-Aerosol-Radiation Product using CERES, MODIS, CALIPSO and CloudSat DataThis paper documents the development of the first integrated data set of global vertical profiles of clouds, aerosols, and radiation using the combined NASA A-Train data from the Aqua Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO), and CloudSat. As part of this effort, cloud data from the CALIPSO lidar and the CloudSat radar are merged with the integrated column cloud properties from the CERES-MODIS analyses. The active and passive datasets are compared to determine commonalities and differences in order to facilitate the development of a 3- dimensional cloud and aerosol dataset that will then be integrated into the CERES broadband radiance footprint. Preliminary results from the comparisons for April 2007 reveal that the CERES-MODIS global cloud amounts are, on average, 0.14 less and 0.15 greater than those from CALIPSO and CloudSat, respectively. These new data will provide unprecedented ability to test and improve global cloud and aerosol models, to investigate aerosol direct and indirect radiative forcing, and to validate the accuracy of global aerosol, cloud, and radiation data sets especially in polar regions and for multi-layered cloud conditions.
Document ID
20080014145
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sun-Mack, Sunny (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Minnis, Patrick (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Chen, Yan (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Gibson, Sharon (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Yi, Yuhong (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Trepte, Qing (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Wielicki, Bruce (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Kato, Seiji (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Winker, Dave (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
September 17, 2007
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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