"VISST" VAP Process
Instrument Categories: Cloud Properties, Satellite Observations
Description: Minnis Cloud Products Using Visst Algorithm
General Overview
Satellite based retrievals of cloud and radiation properties are available in this value-added product provided by Pat Minnis' group at NASA/Langley using the VISST (Visible Infrared Solar-Infrared Split Window Technique) algorithm. These datastreams are both pixel-level (4-km) retrievals and averages on a 0.3 or 0.5 degree latitude-longitude grid and replace earlier satellite-based retrievals on the Layered Bispectral Threshold Method (LBTM). For more details, see the External Data Center web page.
Value-Added Products (VAPs) Produced
- visstdargridm1rv1minnis - VISST-derived gridded products from satellite MTSAT
- visstdarpx04m1rv1minnis - VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite MTSAT
- visstgridg08v2minnis - VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES8
- visstgridg08v3minnis - VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES8, version 3
- visstgridg10v2minnis - VISST-derived gridded products from satellite goes10
- visstgridg10v3minnis - VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES10, version 3
- visstgridg11v2minnis - VISST-derived gridded products from satellite goes11
- visstgridg11v3minnis - VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES11, version 3
- visstpx04g08v2minnis - VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES8
- visstpx04g08v3minnis - VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES8, version 3
- visstpx04g10v2minnis - VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES10
- visstpx04g10v3minnis - VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES10, version 3
- visstpx04g11v2minnis - VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES11
- visstpx04g11v3minnis - VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES11, version 3
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.
- Aerosol optical properties
- Aerosol particle size
- Longwave broadband brightness temperature
- Cloud fraction
- Cloud base height
- Cloud droplet
- Cloud top height
- Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total upwelling irradiance
- Liquid water path
- Optical depth
- Shortwave broadband radiance
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