Low Cost, Low Risk Use of Improved Calibration Techniques to Detect Cloud Climate Feedback Within One Decade of the Present (original) (raw)

Investigation of Cloud Properties and Atmospheric Profiles

As the launch date of MODIS firmed up, final preparations were made for the processing, evaluation and quality assurance of the L1B and UW science data products. Minor additions were made to UW productions software; the means and methods of acquiring data needed for QA were identified. Visualization tools that will be used to display the final L1B and UW file formats are being developed. The UW SCF was augmented in anticipation of additional processing needs. MODIS direct broadcast hardware installation began, and initial L1B software neared completion. Science investigations progressed with the testing of simultaneous retrievals of atmospheric profiles and surface emissivity, the comparisons of HIRS cloud top properties retrievals with five years of ISCCP retrievals, and the good comparison of the UW global AVHRR cloud mask and the CLAVR retrievals. Finally, UW began making preparations for hosting the WISC- T2000 field experiment out of Truax field in Madison scheduled to begin mi...

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