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Terra ! ! ! ! Terra! 7/06 ! ! ! ! 1/07! Water Cloud Height Changes Relative to Ed 2! Ed4 – Ed2 (km)! Aqua ! ! Aqua! 7/06 ! ! 1/07! • Land: Most heights up by 0.3 – 1.2 km! !- some drops in SH! !- should be closer to !CALIPSO now! ! • Ocean: heights up by 0.0 – 0.5 km! ! !- some drops in SH! ! • Changes due to ! ! !- lapse rates! ! !- phase changes!
Terra! Ice Cloud Effective Height Changes Relative to Ed 2! Ed4 – Ed2 (km)! Day, January 2007! Aqua! • Terra & Aqua: similar changes! !- impact of CO2, 1.38 µm,! ! phase changes, ice cloud ! model! ! • Overall difference (km)! !- Polar: ! -0.05! !- Non-Polar: ! 1.33! !- Global: ! 1.39! ! • Cloud-top height: 0.72 km higher than cloud effective height! !- overall increase of 2.11 km! !- should agree better with !CALIPSO! !
Page 1 and 2: CERES Cloud Properties: Ed4, SNPP &
Page 3 and 4: Update of CERES Cloud-related Paper
Page 5 and 6: Cloud Parameters in CERES Edition 2
Page 7 and 8: MODIS Processing Status! • Ed2 pr
Page 9 and 10: • Alteration of Terra 3.7-µm Col
Page 11 and 12: Low Cloud Heights! ! • Ed2 used 7
Page 13 and 14: Daytime boundary layer lapse rates
Page 15 and 16: Instantaneous Low Cloud Height Diff
Page 17 and 18: Regional Mean Nighttime Low Cloud H
Page 19: Terra! Water Cloud Effective Height
Page 23 and 24: Terra! Aqua! Change Water droplet E
Page 25 and 26: MODIS Edition 4 Tasks! • Continue
Page 27 and 28: VIIRS Spectral Channels!
Page 29 and 30: • Acquire necessary auxiliary inf
Page 31 and 32: VIIRS Cloud Fraction Comparison w/
Page 33 and 34: VIIRS Cloud Detection! • Tune clo
Page 35 and 36: VIIRS Water Cloud COD Comparison w/
Page 37 and 38: Whatʼs Ahead for CERES SNPP VIIRS!
Page 39 and 40: Meteosat-9 vs Aqua Cloud Amounts, D
Page 41 and 42: GEOSat Cloud Fraction, March 2013!
Page 43: GEOSat Tasks! • Validate calibrat

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