EBAF-TOA Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View

EBAF-Surface Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View

SYN1deg-lite Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View

SSF Level2 Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View

AVG-lite Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View

FLASHFlux Processing Flowchart

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ISCCP-D2like Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View

ISCCP-D1like Ordering Tool Parameter Selection View

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ISCCP-D2like Product Features

• The ISCCP-D2like products provide MODIS clouds properties (not the official Goddard Product) derived from CERES retrievals that emulates the ISCCP-D2 (NASA GISS) format
  • The same MODIS cloud properties are found in the SSF1deg, CRS1deg and SYN1deg products
• Use in ISCCP simulators in climate models
• ISCCP-D2like-Day/Nit
  • Which are the MODIS cloud properties and include more than the usual ISCCP parameters.
  • The day and nit identify properties during daytime and nighttime and the daytime being of higher quality since the MODIS retrievals use both visible and IR channels
  • The Day/Nit will eventually contain the associated Top-of-Atmosphere fluxes for the ISCCP cloud types
• ISCCP-D2like-GEO
  • Which are the geostationary cloud properties used in the CERES temporal interpolation (GEO enhanced) algorithm
  • The GEO retrievals are not the official ISCCP product but use the same 3-hourly images
• ISCCP-D2like-Mrg
  • CERES best attempt at merging Terra and Aqua MODIS and GEO in the 3 hourly intervals where MODIS cloud retrievals are not available.
  • The GEO clouds have been normalized to MODIS to provide diurnally consistent clouds
  • The GEO clouds are of inferior quality to MODIS but provide consistent 3-hourly sampling
• ISCCP-D1like monthly cloud amounts
  • MODIS retrievals are classified into 7 pressure and 6 optical depth bins
  • Limited to liquid and ice cloud fractions only
• Applicable Studies:
  • GCMs, ISCCP simulators and other climate modeling studies that incorporate PC/tau cloud properties for comparison and the computation of fluxes.
  • Any study that involves ISCCP-D2like-Day/Nit data.

• The merge product uses MODIS where ever possible and fills in the rest of the 3-hour intervals with GEO clouds which have been normalized to MODIS
• The GEO cloud properties are only available during the day
• The MODIS cloud properties are stratified by day and night, since the MODIS cloud retrieval algorithm using both visible and IR channels during the day

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