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Analysis and characterization of the synergistic
AIRS and MODIS cloud-cleared radiances |
| Hong ZHANG1,Agnes LIM1,Robert HOLZ1,Steve DUTCHER1,Fred NAGLE1,Liam GUMLEY1,Hung-Lung HUANG2,Jinnian WANG3,Runhe SHI4,Wei GAO5, |
| 1.Cooperative Institute
for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Space Science and Engineering
Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1323, USA; 2.Cooperative Institute
for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Space Science and Engineering
Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1323, USA；Joint Laboratory for
Environmental Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation, East China Normal
University, Shanghai 200062, China; 3.Institute of Remote Sensing
Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100864, China; 4.Joint Laboratory for
Environmental Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation, East China Normal
University, Shanghai 200062, China; 5.Joint Laboratory for
Environmental Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation, East China Normal
University, Shanghai 200062, China；Natural Resource Ecology
Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1062,
USA; |
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Abstract The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua spacecraft measure the upwelling infrared radiance used for numerous remote-sensing- and climate-related applications. AIRS provides high spectral resolution infrared radiances, while MODIS provides collocated high spatial resolution radiances at 16 broad infrared bands. An optimal algorithm for cloud-clearing has been developed for AIRS cloudy soundings at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where the spatially and spectrally collocated AIRS and MODIS data has been used to analyze the characteristic of this algorithm. An analysis and characterization of the global AIRS cloud-cleared radiances using the bias and the standard deviation between the cloud-cleared and the nearby clear measurements are studied. Scene inhomogeneity for both land- and water-surface types has been estimated to account for the assessed error. Both monthly and seasonal changes of global AIRS/MODIS cloud-clearing performance also have been analyzed.
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cloud-clearing
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
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Issue Date: 05 September 2010
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