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Image of the Week Archive — December 2005
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Applying the new (collection 5) MODIS cloud product “clear sky restoral” algorithm
December 25, 2005 —
In global cloud retrievals from satellite imagers, all current operational algorithms assume pixels identified as cloudy are completely overcast. Therefore, the most fundamental first step for an operational algorithm is in discriminating between overcast . . . [continued]
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Bulk Single Scattering Albedo of Ice Clouds
December 18, 2005 —
MODIS band-averaged single scattering albedo as a function of effective diameter calculated from 1117 in situ particle size distributions obtained from a wide variety of airborne field campaigns from the western tropical Pacific to mid-latitudes of the No . . . [continued]
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To be a cloud or to be a heavy aerosol?
December 4, 2005 —
This MODIS image, taken July 20, 2005 (Aqua 0515 UTC) over China, shows that the regional heavy aerosol pollution flowing over Beijing (blue circle) is embedded with clouds. With an aerosol optical thickness of 5, much thicker than typical values which a . . . [continued]
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