126 1001 Patrick Minnis NASA/Langley Research Center VISST GOES-8 Pixel-level Retrievals Averaged Within 10km Radius of Western Ground Site CRYSTAL-FACE 1 1 2002 07 30 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 10km 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 140200 1409 1000 0 1000 94 9999 94 4 9999 4 9999 9999 702 98 99999 99999 2247 1035 99 999 99 2 999 2 2326 9999 2326 21 9999 21 110 999 110 5 999 5 106 999 106 3 999 3 73 999 73 8 999 8 37 999 37 4 999 4 2496 99999 2496 170 99999 170 2631 99999 2631 107 99999 107 4227 99999 4227 405 99999 405 9999 9999 448 448 448 9999 9999 59 59 59 9999 9999 1501 1501 1501 9999 9999 55 55 55 141500 1433 1000 0 1000 87 9999 87 3 9999 3 9999 9999 720 56 99999 99999 2094 776 99 999 99 1 999 1 2373 9999 2373 24 9999 24 106 999 106 6 999 6 100 999 100 3 999 3 71 999 71 9 999 9 36 999 36 4 999 4 2648 99999 2648 218 99999 218 2876 99999 2876 136 99999 136 4353 99999 4353 477 99999 477 9999 9999 422 422 422 9999 9999 53 53 53 9999 9999 1575 1575 1575 9999 9999 62 62 62 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