Comparison of AIRS, MODIS, CloudSat and CALIPSO cloud top height retrievals

被引：105

作者：

Weisz, Elisabeth

Li, Jun

Menzel, W. Paul

Heidinger, Andrew K.

Kahn, Brian H.

Liu, Chian-Yi

机构：

[1] Univ Wisconsin, CIMSS, Madison, WI 53706 USA

[2] NOAA NESDIS Ctr Satellite Applicat & Res, Madison, WI 53706 USA

[3] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2007年 / 34卷 / 17期

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D O I：

10.1029/2007GL030676

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Knowledge of cloud properties like cloud top height (CTH) is essential to understand their impact on the earth's radiation budget and on climate change. High spectral resolution measurements from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) are well suited to reveal valuable information about cloud altitude. The CTH retrievals derived from AIRS single field-of-view(FOV) radiance measurements are compared with the operational MODIS ( Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) cloud product, and Level 2 products obtained from radar and lidar instruments onboard the EOS (Earth Observing System) CloudSat and the CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) satellites. Two cases containing a variety of cloud conditions have been studied, and the strengths/shortcomings of CTH products from infrared (IR) sounder radiances are discussed.

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