Campaign Instrument : Minnis Cloud Products Using Visst Algorithm (VISST)
Instrument Categories
Cloud Properties, Satellite Observations
Campaigns
Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment
North Slope Alaska, 2004.09.27 - 2004.10.21Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE)
Tropical Western Pacific, 2006.01.21 - 2006.02.13
Primary Measurements Taken
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 particle size
- Cloud fraction
- Hydrometeor size
- Cloud base height
- Cloud top height
- Liquid water path
- Aerosol optical properties
- Longwave broadband brightness temperature
- Shortwave broadband radiance
- Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total upwelling irradiance
- Optical depth
