VAP : Minnis Cloud Products Using Visst Algorithm (VISST)
Instrument Categories
Cloud Properties, Satellite Observations
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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.
Output Products
- visstdargridg09v3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products for Darwin, NWT, Australia, from satellite GOES09, version 3
- visstdargridm1rv1minnis : VISST-derived gridded products for Darwin, NWT, Australia, from satellite MTSAT
- visstdargridm1rv3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products for Darwin, NWT, Australia, from satellite MTSAT, version 3
- visstdarpx04g09v3minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products for Darwin, NWT, Australia, from satellite MTSAT, version 3
- visstdarpx04m1rv1minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products for Darwin, NWT, Australia, from satellite MTSAT
- visstdarpx04m1rv3minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products for Darwin, NWT, Australia, from satellite MTSAT, version 3
- visstgridg08v2minnis : VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES8, version 2
- visstgridg08v3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES8, version 3
- visstgridg09v3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES9, version 3
- visstgridg10v2minnis : VISST-derived gridded products from satellite goes10, version 2
- visstgridg10v3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES10, version 3
- visstgridg11v3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES11, version 3
- visstgridg11v4minnis : VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES11, version 4
- visstgridg13v4minnis : VISST-derived gridded products from satellite GOES13, version 4
- visstgridm1rv3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products from satellite MTSAT, version 3
- visstmangridg09v3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products for Manus Island, Papua-New Guinea, from satellite GOES09, version 3
- visstmangridm1rv3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products for Manus Island, Papua-New Guinea, from MTSAT, version 3
- visstmanpx04g09v3minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products for Manus Island, Papua-New Guinea, from satellite GOES09, version 3
- visstmanpx04m1rv3minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products for Manus Island, Papua-New Guinea, from satellite MTSAT, version 3
- visstnaugridg09v3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products for Nauru, from satellite GOES09, version 3
- visstnaugridm1rv3minnis : VISST-derived gridded products for Nauru, from satellite MTSAT, version 3
- visstnaupx04g09v3minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products for Nauru, from satellite GOES09, version 3
- visstnaupx04m1rv3minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products for Nauru, from satellite MTSAT, version 3
- visstpx04g08v2minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES8, version 2
- visstpx04g08v3minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES8, version 3
- visstpx04g10v2minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES10, version 2
- visstpx04g10v3minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES10, version 3
- visstpx04g11v3minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES11, version 3
- visstpx04g11v4minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES11, version 4
- visstpx04g13v4minnis : VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite GOES13, version 4
Primary Measurements
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant.
- Atmospheric pressure
- Atmospheric temperature
- Cloud base height
- Cloud fraction
- Cloud optical depth
- Cloud top height
- Hydrometeor phase
- Hydrometeor size
- Liquid water path
- Longwave broadband brightness temperature
- Longwave broadband downwelling irradiance
- Longwave broadband net irradiance
- Longwave broadband radiance
- Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance
- Longwave narrowband brightness temperature
- Shortwave broadband diffuse upwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband radiance
- Shortwave broadband total downwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total net irradiance
- Shortwave spectral total downwelling irradiance
- Surface albedo