CERES MODIS Cloud Product Retrievals for Edition 4—Part I: Algorithm Changes

Minnis, P., S. Sun-Mack, Y. Chen, F. Chang, C.R. Yost, W.L. Smith, . Heck, R.F. Arduini, S. Bedka, Y. Yi, G. Hong, Z. Jin, D. Painemal, R. Palikonda, B. Scarino, D. Spangenberg, R.A. Smith, . Trepte, P. Yang, and Y. Xie (2021), CERES MODIS Cloud Product Retrievals for Edition 4—Part I: Algorithm Changes, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 59, 2744-2780, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2020.3008866.
Abstract

The Edition 2 (Ed2) cloud property retrieval Index Terms— Climate, cloud, cloud height, cloud particle size, algorithm system was upgraded and applied to the MODerate- cloud phase, cloud optical depth (COD), cloud remote sensing resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data for the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) clouds and the Earth’s radiant energy system (CERES),

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Research Program
Radiation Science Program (RSP)
Mission
CERES
Aqua-MODIS
Terra-MODIS