Infrared Cloud Imager Cloud Cover Time Series

• Main Author: NSF Arctic Data Center
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2015
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > THERMAL/RADIATION DETECTORS; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > THERMAL/RADIATION DETECTORS > BOLOMETERS; MANNED PERMANENT STATION; MANNED FIELD STATION; IMAGE; POINT; LESS THAN 1 METER; 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR; environment; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; Image Point; Barrow; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2QM0W

The Infrared Cloud Imager (ICI) was deployed at Barrow, AK from 13 July 2012 through 22 July 2014. This imager uses a thermal infrared camera with a 110 degree (diagonal) field of view and 1.25 aspect ratio to image the overhead sky in the 8 to 14 micron band. By removing the clear-sky radiance from...