Title :
Characterizing the radiation fields in the atmosphere using a cloud-aerosol-radiation product from integrated CERES, MODIS, CALIPSO and CloudSat data
Author :
Minnis, Patrick ; Wielicki, Bruce ; Trepte, Charles A. ; Kato, Seiji ; Sun-Mack, Sunny ; Chen, Yan ; Gibson, Sharon ; Stephens, Graeme
Author_Institution :
Langley Res. Center, Hampton
Abstract :
CloudSat and CALIPSO cloud and aerosol information is convolved with CERES and MODIS cloud and radiation data to produce a merged 3-dimensional cloud and radiation dataset.
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric techniques; clouds; CALIPSO data; CERES data; CloudSat data; MODIS data; aerosols; atmospheric radiation; clouds; radiation field characterization; Aerosols; Atmosphere; Clouds; Heating; Laser radar; MODIS; Optical sensors; Radar tracking; Sampling methods; Satellite broadcasting; CALIPSO; CloudSat; clouds; radiation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422999
