126 1001 Patrick Minnis NASA/Langley Research Center VISST GOES-8 Pixel-level Retrievals Averaged Within 20km Radius of Western Ground Site CRYSTAL-FACE 1 1 2002 06 28 2003 08 02 0 TIME (HHMMSS) 92 0.01 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 99999 99999 99999 99999 999 999 999 999 999 999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 99999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 Scan Time (Decimal Hour) Cloud Amount Total (%) Cloud Amount Liquid (%) Cloud Amount Ice (%) Optical Depth Cloud Mean (unitless) Optical Depth Liquid Mean (unitless) Optical Depth Ice Mean (unitless) Optical Depth Cloud Sigma (unitless) Optical Depth Liquid Sigma (unitless) Optical Depth Ice Sigma (unitless) Effective Radius Liquid Mean (microns) Effective Radius Liquid Sigma (microns) Effective Diameter Ice Mean (microns) Effective Diameter Ice Sigma (microns) Liquid Water Path Liquid Mean (unitless) Liquid Water Path Liquid Sigma (unitless) Ice Water Path Ice Mean (unitless) Ice Water Path Ice Sigma (unitless) Infrared Emittance Cloud Mean (unitless) Infrared Emittance Liquid Mean (unitless) Infrared Emittance Ice Mean (unitless) Infrared Emittance Cloud Sigma (unitless) Infrared Emittance Liquid Sigma (unitless) Infrared Emittance Ice Sigma (unitless) Effective Cloud Temperature Cloud Mean (K) Effective Cloud Temperature Liquid Mean (K) Effective Cloud Temperature Ice Mean (K) Effective Cloud Temperature Cloud Sigma (K) Effective Cloud Temperature Liquid Sigma (K) Effective Cloud Temperature Ice Sigma (K) Cloud Top Height Cloud Mean (km) Cloud Top Height Liquid Mean (km) Cloud Top Height Ice Mean (km) Cloud Top Height Cloud Sigma (km) Cloud Top Height Liquid Sigma (km) Cloud Top Height Ice Sigma (km) Effective Cloud Height Cloud Mean (km) Effective Cloud Height Liquid Mean (km) Effective Cloud Height Ice Mean (km) Effective Cloud Height Cloud Sigma (km) Effective Cloud Height Liquid Sigma (km) Effective Cloud Height Ice Sigma (km) Cloud Bottom Height Cloud Mean (km) Cloud Bottom Height Liquid Mean (km) Cloud Bottom Height Ice Mean (km) Cloud Bottom Height Cloud Sigma (km) Cloud Bottom Height Liquid Sigma (km) Cloud Bottom Height Ice Sigma (km) Cloud Thickness Cloud Mean (km) Cloud Thickness Liquid Mean (km) Cloud Thickness Ice Mean (km) Cloud Thickness Cloud Sigma (km) Cloud Thickness Liquid Sigma (km) Cloud Thickness Ice Sigma (km) Cloud Top Pressure Cloud Mean (mb) Cloud Top Pressure Liquid Mean (mb) Cloud Top Pressure Ice Mean (mb) Cloud Top Pressure Cloud Sigma (mb) Cloud Top Pressure Liquid Sigma (mb) Cloud Top Pressure Ice Sigma (mb) Effective Cloud Pressure Cloud Mean (mb) Effective Cloud Pressure Liquid Mean (mb) Effective Cloud Pressure Ice Mean (mb) Effective Cloud Pressure Cloud Sigma (mb) Effective Cloud Pressure Liquid Sigma (mb) Effective Cloud Pressure Ice Sigma (mb) Cloud Bottom Pressure Cloud Mean (mb) Cloud Bottom Pressure Liquid Mean (mb) Cloud Bottom Pressure Ice Mean (mb) Cloud Bottom Pressure Cloud Sigma (mb) Cloud Bottom Pressure Liquid Sigma (mb) Cloud Bottom Pressure Ice Sigma (mb) Broadband Albedo Clear Mean (%) Broadband Albedo Liquid Mean (%) Broadband Albedo Ice Mean (%) Broadband Albedo Cloud Mean (%) Broadband Albedo Total Mean (%) Broadband Albedo Clear Sigma (%) Broadband Albedo Liquid Sigma (%) Broadband Albedo Ice Sigma (%) Broadband Albedo Cloud Sigma (%) Broadband Albedo Total Sigma (%) Broadband OLR Clear Mean (%) Broadband OLR Liquid Mean (%) Broadband OLR Ice Mean (%) Broadband OLR Cloud Mean (%) Broadband OLR Total Mean (%) Broadband OLR Clear Sigma (%) Broadband OLR Liquid Sigma (%) Broadband OLR Ice Sigma (%) Broadband OLR Cloud Sigma (%) Broadband OLR Total Sigma (%) 14 This is an average, within a 20km radius of the Western Ground Site (25.85N, 81.39W), of beta-level pixel retrievals from VISST (Visible Infrared Split-Window Solar- Infrared Technique) on GOES8 data. Please check with Patrick Minnis (p.minnis@larc.nasa.gov) for any technical questions or before using these data in any publication. A revised version of the results will be made generally available after the processing algorithms are completely verified. A reference is Minnis, P.;Kratz, D. P.; Coakley, J. A., Jr.; King, M. D.; Garber, D.; Heck, P. Mayor, S.; Young, D. F. and Arduini, R.: Cloud Optical Property Retrieval (Subsystem 4.3). Clouds and the Earths Radiant Energy System (CERES) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Volume III: Cloud Analyses and Radiance Inversions (Subsystem 4) NASA RP 1376 Vol. 3, edited by CERES Science Team, December, 1995, pp. 135-176. VISST pixel-level retrievals from a larger domain, with more radiative, macrophysical and microphysical parameters, have been made available in netcdf format from the NASA/Langley CRYSTAL-FACE web page at http://angler.larc.nasa.gov/crystal. 0 141500 1433 227 227 0 8 8 9999 9 9 9999 134 80 9999 9999 148 230 99999 99999 40 40 999 27 27 999 2966 2966 9999 54 54 9999 7 7 999 8 8 999 7 7 999 8 8 999 6 6 999 8 8 999 2 2 999 1 1 999 9443 9443 99999 805 805 99999 9494 9494 99999 839 839 99999 9561 9561 99999 818 818 99999 132 163 9999 163 139 25 32 9999 32 30 2777 2759 9999 2759 2773 17 20 9999 20 19 144500 1486 555 555 0 14 14 9999 9 9 9999 158 63 9999 9999 222 218 99999 99999 58 58 999 28 28 999 2977 2977 9999 27 27 9999 5 5 999 4 4 999 5 5 999 4 4 999 4 4 999 4 4 999 1 1 999 0 0 999 9648 9648 99999 398 398 99999 9669 9669 99999 402 402 99999 9780 9780 99999 401 401 99999 124 179 9999 179 155 27 49 9999 49 49 2757 2746 9999 2746 2751 23 23 9999 23 24 151500 1533 768 748 20 9 9 1 10 10 5 138 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