Comparison of TWP-ICE Satellite and Field Campaign Aircraft Derived Cloud PropertiesCloud and radiation products derived from the MTSAT-1R satellite have been developed for TWP-ICE. These include pixel-level, gridded, and ground site and aircraft matched. These products are available from the Langley website and the ARM data center. As shown in Figs 2, and 4-6, these products compare favorably with in-situ ground and aircraft based measurements. With additional quantitative validation these products can provide valuable information about tropical convection and its impact on the radiation budget and climate. As new algorithm improvements, such as multi-layer cloud detection, are implemented these products will be reprocessed and updated.
Document ID
20070022457
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ayers, J. K. (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. United States)
Minnis, Patrick (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Spangenberg, Douglas A. (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. United States)
Nordeen, Michele L. (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. United States)
Khaiyer, Mandana M. (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. United States)
Palikonda, Rabindra (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. United States)
Nguyen, Louis (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Phan, Dung N. (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. United States)