"LBTM-MINNIS" VAP Process
Instrument Categories: Cloud Properties, Satellite Observations
Description: Minnis Cloud Products Using LBTM Algorithm
Value-Added Products (VAPs) Produced
- goes12minnis - GOES-12: 0.5 degree cloud products
- goes12minnis-acf - GOES-12: 0.3 degree cloud products, ARM Central Facility
- goes7minnis - GOES-7: 0.5 degree cloud products
- goes7minnis-acf - GOES-7: 0.3 degree cloud products, ARM Central Facility
- goes7minnis-scm - GOES-7: 0.5 degree cloud products, Single Column Model
- goes8minnis - GOES-8: 0.5 degree cloud products
- goes8minnis-acf - GOES-8: 0.3 degree cloud products, ARM Central Facility
- lbtm3minnis - Layered Bispectral Threshold Method (LBTM) cloud products derived from GMS-5
- lbtm3minnisdar - Layered Bispectral Threshold Method (LBTM) cloud products derived from GMS-5,Darwin
- lbtm3minnisman - Layered Bispectral Threshold Method (LBTM) cloud products derived from GMS-5,Manus
- lbtm3minnisnau - Layered Bispectral Threshold Method (LBTM) cloud products derived from GMS-5,Nauru
Primary Measurements
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- Atmospheric temperature
- Cloud fraction
- Cloud base height
- Cloud top height
- Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total upwelling irradiance
- Optical depth
- Shortwave broadband radiance
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