"mfrsrcldod1min" Value-Added Product (VAP)
Active Dates: 12/21/2004 to 6/9/2008.
Description: Derived: Cloud Optical Properties from MFRSR, MWR, Langley Analysis
The mfrsrcldod1min value-added product produces cloud optical properties (optical depth and effective radius) from multi-filter rotating shadowband radiometer (MFRSR) , micorwave radiomter (MWR) and the Langley analysis Value Added Product (Langley VAP).
The mfrsrcldod1min value-added product (VAP) obtains cloud.optical depth and effective radius using a retrieval algorithm developed by Min and Harrison (1996) . The1-sigma uncertainties in these quantities are also estimated by propagating irrdiance, I0 , liquid water path and surface albedo. This version only considers the diffuse-horizontal irradiance at 415 nm (to avoid the gaseous absorption); the direct-normal irradiance is not included. Thus clouds with small optical depth ( < 7) would be considered as the outside of the operating regime of this VAP.
For more details, see http://science.arm.gov/vaps/mfrsrcldod1min.stm.
Originating VAP Process
Sites / Facilities
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- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Lamont, OK (Extended) (E13)
- Lamont, OK (Extended) (E13)