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Near Real-time Polar Clouds and Radiation: Surface, cloud, and radiation properties over the Arctic and Antarctic are being computed on a daily basis with data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administation's NOAA-16 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument. Derived parameters include surface temperature and albedo, cloud amount, optical depth, particle phase, effective radius, and temperature, radiation fluxes, and cloud forcing. This new experimental product is available in near real-time on the Web at http://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/projects/rtcaspr. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
Manuscript Accepted for Publication: A paper titled "Parameterization
of shortwave ice cloud optical properties for various particle habits"
has been accepted (subject to minor revision) for publication in the Journal
of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. The paper is authored by J. Key,
P. Yang (Texas A&M University), B. Baum (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center), and S. Nasiri (Cooperative
Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)). It presents
a new parameterization of the shortwave optical properties of various ice
particle "habits" including hollow and solid columns, aggregates, plates,
bullet rosettes, and dendrites. The effects of ice cloud particle
shapes and sizes on satellite observations can now be simulated. (J.
Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
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