Ground calibrations of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) tropical rainfall measuring mission spacecraft thermistor bolometers

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Lee III ◽  
G. Louis Smith ◽  
Bruce R. Barkstrom ◽  
Kory J. Priestley ◽  
Susan Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiant Energy ◽  
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Tropical Rainfall

Ground calibrations of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument for the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM)

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Thomas ◽  
Robert B. Lee III ◽  
Dhirendra K. Pandey ◽  
Robert S. Wilson ◽  
Kathryn A. Bush ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiant Energy ◽  
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Tropical Rainfall

scholarly journals Angular Distribution Models for Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Flux Estimation from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System Instrument on the Terra Satellite. Part I: Methodology

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 338-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman G. Loeb ◽  
Seiji Kato ◽  
Konstantin Loukachine ◽  
Natividad Manalo-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Angular Distribution ◽  
Radiant Energy ◽  
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Radiative Fluxes ◽  
Earth Observing System ◽  
Moderate Resolution ◽  
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ◽  
Terra Satellite

Abstract The Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) provides coincident global cloud and aerosol properties together with reflected solar, emitted terrestrial longwave, and infrared window radiative fluxes. These data are needed to improve the understanding and modeling of the interaction between clouds, aerosols, and radiation at the top of the atmosphere, surface, and within the atmosphere. This paper describes the approach used to estimate top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiative fluxes from instantaneous CERES radiance measurements on the Terra satellite. A key component involves the development of empirical angular distribution models (ADMs) that account for the angular dependence of the earth’s radiation field at the TOA. The CERES Terra ADMs are developed using 24 months of CERES radiances, coincident cloud and aerosol retrievals from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and meteorological parameters from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)’s Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Data Assimilation System (DAS) V4.0.3 product. Scene information for the ADMs is from MODIS retrievals and GEOS DAS V4.0.3 properties over the ocean, land, desert, and snow for both clear and cloudy conditions. Because the CERES Terra ADMs are global, and far more CERES data are available on Terra than were available from CERES on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the methodology used to define CERES Terra ADMs is different in many respects from that used to develop CERES TRMM ADMs, particularly over snow/sea ice, under cloudy conditions, and for clear scenes over land and desert.

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