A review of cloud top height and optical depth histograms from MISR, ISCCP, and MODIS

R Marchand, T Ackerman, M Smyth… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
There are notable differences in the joint histograms of cloud top height and optical depth
being produced from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the …

The MODIS cloud optical and microphysical products: Collection 6 updates and examples from Terra and Aqua

S Platnick, KG Meyer, MD King, G Wind… - … on Geoscience and …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) level-2 (L2) cloud product
(earth science data set names MOD06 and MYD06 for Terra and Aqua MODIS, respectively) …

The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations (version 2.0. 1)

C Emde, R Buras-Schnell, A Kylling… - Geoscientific Model …, 2016‏ - gmd.copernicus.org
libRadtran is a widely used software package for radiative transfer calculations. It allows one
to compute (polarized) radiances, irradiance, and actinic fluxes in the solar and thermal …

Improved retrievals of carbon dioxide from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 with the version 8 ACOS algorithm

CW O'dell, A Eldering, PO Wennberg… - Atmospheric …, 2018‏ - amt.copernicus.org
Since September 2014, NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite has been
taking measurements of reflected solar spectra and using them to infer atmospheric carbon …

A review of ice cloud optical property models for passive satellite remote sensing

P Yang, S Hioki, M Saito, CP Kuo, BA Baum, KN Liou - Atmosphere, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
The current wealth of spaceborne passive and active measurements from ultraviolet to the
infrared wavelengths provides an unprecedented opportunity to construct ice cloud bulk …

[HTML][HTML] Spectrally consistent scattering, absorption, and polarization properties of atmospheric ice crystals at wavelengths from 0.2 to 100 μm

P Yang, L Bi, BA Baum, KN Liou… - Journal of the …, 2013‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
A data library is developed containing the scattering, absorption, and polarization properties
of ice particles in the spectral range from 0.2 to 100 μm. The properties are computed based …

The ACOS CO2 retrieval algorithm – Part 1: Description and validation against synthetic observations

CW O'Dell, B Connor, H Bösch, D O'Brien… - Atmospheric …, 2012‏ - amt.copernicus.org
This work describes the NASA Atmospheric CO 2 Observations from Space (ACOS) X CO 2
retrieval algorithm, and its performance on highly realistic, simulated observations. These …

Spatial and temporal distribution of clouds observed by MODIS onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites

MD King, S Platnick, WP Menzel… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud properties have been retrieved from the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) over 12 years of continuous observations from Terra and over …

Evolved climates and observational discriminants for the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system

AP Lincowski, VS Meadows, D Crisp… - The Astrophysical …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The TRAPPIST-1 planetary system provides an unprecedented opportunity to study
terrestrial exoplanet evolution with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and ground …

Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress

DE Waliser, JLF Li, CP Woods… - Journal of …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Present‐day shortcomings in the representation of upper tropospheric ice clouds in general
circulation models (GCMs) lead to errors in weather and climate forecasts as well as account …