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Comparison of the modis collection 5 multilayer cloud detection product with calipso
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Platnick, Steven Nagle, Fred W. King, Michael D. Wind, Gala Ackerman, Steven A. Holz, Robert E. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | CALIPSO, launched in June 2006, provides global active remote sensing measurements of clouds and aerosols that can be used for validation of a variety of passive imager retrievals derived from instruments flying on the Aqua spacecraft and other A-Train platforms. The most recent processing effort for the MODIS Atmosphere Team, referred to as the Collection 5 scream, includes a research-level multilayer cloud detection algorithm that uses both thermodynamic phase information derived from a combination of solar and thermal emission bands to discriminate layers of different phases, as well as true layer separation discrimination using a moderately absorbing water vapor band. The multilayer detection algorithm is designed to provide a means of assessing the applicability of 1D cloud models used in the MODIS cloud optical and microphysical product retrieval, which are generated at a 1 km resolution. Using pixel-level collocations of MODIS Aqua, CALIOP, we investigate the global performance of multilayer cloud detection algorithms (and thermodynamic phase). |
| File Size | 1112112 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110007354 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t41s1sh74 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Thermodynamics Aqua Spacecraft Algorithms Cloud Physics Aerosols Modis Radiometry Water Vapor Detection Remote Sensing Pixels Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |