FIRE-ACE Special Issue
Cloud optical thickness and droplet effective radius retrievals from solar reflectance measurements are traditionally implemented using a combination of spectral channels that are absorbing and non-absorbing for water particles. Reflectances in nonabsorbing channels (e.g., 0.67, 0.86, 1.2 µm spectra...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.385.9748 2023-05-15T13:11:56+02:00 FIRE-ACE Special Issue S. Platnick J. Y. Li M. D. King H. Gerber P. V. Hobbs The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1999 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.385.9748 http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/_docs/Platnick et al. (2000b).pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.385.9748 http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/_docs/Platnick et al. (2000b).pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/_docs/Platnick et al. (2000b).pdf text 1999 ftciteseerx 2016-09-18T00:32:49Z Cloud optical thickness and droplet effective radius retrievals from solar reflectance measurements are traditionally implemented using a combination of spectral channels that are absorbing and non-absorbing for water particles. Reflectances in nonabsorbing channels (e.g., 0.67, 0.86, 1.2 µm spectral window bands) are largely dependent on cloud optical thickness, while longer wavelength absorbing channels (1.6, 2.1, and 3.7 µm window bands) provide cloud particle size information. Cloud retrievals over ice and snow surfaces present serious difficulties. At the shorter wavelengths, ice is bright and highly variable, both characteristics acting to significantly increase cloud retrieval uncertainty. In contrast, reflectances at the longer wavelengths are relatively small and may be comparable to that of dark open water. A modification to the traditional cloud retrieval technique is presented. The new algorithm uses only a combination of absorbing spectral channels for which the snow/ice albedo is relatively small. Using this approach, retrievals have been made with the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) imager flown aboard the high altitude NASA ER-2 from May-June 1998 during the Arctic FIRE-ACE field deployment. Data from several coordinated ER-2 and in situ University of Washington Conviar-580 aircraft observations of liquid water stratus clouds are examined. MAS retrievals of optical thickness, droplet effective radius, and liquid water path are shown to be in good agreement with in situ measurements. The initial success of the technique has implications for future operational satellite cloud retrieval algorithms in polar and wintertime regions Text albedo Arctic Unknown Arctic |
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Cloud optical thickness and droplet effective radius retrievals from solar reflectance measurements are traditionally implemented using a combination of spectral channels that are absorbing and non-absorbing for water particles. Reflectances in nonabsorbing channels (e.g., 0.67, 0.86, 1.2 µm spectral window bands) are largely dependent on cloud optical thickness, while longer wavelength absorbing channels (1.6, 2.1, and 3.7 µm window bands) provide cloud particle size information. Cloud retrievals over ice and snow surfaces present serious difficulties. At the shorter wavelengths, ice is bright and highly variable, both characteristics acting to significantly increase cloud retrieval uncertainty. In contrast, reflectances at the longer wavelengths are relatively small and may be comparable to that of dark open water. A modification to the traditional cloud retrieval technique is presented. The new algorithm uses only a combination of absorbing spectral channels for which the snow/ice albedo is relatively small. Using this approach, retrievals have been made with the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) imager flown aboard the high altitude NASA ER-2 from May-June 1998 during the Arctic FIRE-ACE field deployment. Data from several coordinated ER-2 and in situ University of Washington Conviar-580 aircraft observations of liquid water stratus clouds are examined. MAS retrievals of optical thickness, droplet effective radius, and liquid water path are shown to be in good agreement with in situ measurements. The initial success of the technique has implications for future operational satellite cloud retrieval algorithms in polar and wintertime regions |
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