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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,
VOL. 32,
L05801,
4 PP., 2005
doi:10.1029/2004GL022009
Improvements in cloud identification over snow/ice surfaces from ERBE to CERES
Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
The procedure used in the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment for identifying the presence of clouds over snow/ice surfaces is known to have shortcomings, and this is corroborated through use of surface insolation measurements at the South Pole as an independent means of identifying clouds. These surface insolation measurements are then used to validate the more detailed cloud identification scheme used in the follow-up Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES), and this validation is extended to the polar night through use of CERES measurements of the outgoing longwave radiation.
Received 16 November 2004; accepted 7 February 2005; published 1 March 2005.
Citation: (2005), Improvements in cloud identification over snow/ice surfaces from ERBE to CERES, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L05801, doi:10.1029/2004GL022009.
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