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CERES: Table of day and night derived GEO cloud properties

Table of day and night derived GEO cloud properties
X Indicates GEO derived properties
Cloud Parameter (a) GEO-daytime (b)
(VIS & IR retrieval)		 GEO-night time (c)
(IR-only retrieval)
Cloud Fraction X X
Cloud Effective Pressure X X
Cloud Effective Temperature X X
Cloud Effective Height    
Cloud Top Pressure X  
Cloud Base Pressure X  
Cloud Phase X X
Liquid Water Path    
Ice Water Path    
Liquid Particle Radius    
Ice Particle Diameter    
Infrared Emissivity X  
Cloud Optical Depth - Linear (d) X  
Cloud Optical Depth - Log (e) X  
Cloud Vertical Aspect Ratio    
  1. MODIS retrieves all the above listed cloud properties both day and night, except the vertical aspect ratio
  2. The GEO 2-channel routine assumes a 10µm particle radii and 60µm particle diameter
  3. The GEO 1-channel routine assumes a emissivity of unity
  4. Cloud optical depth is linearly spatially (footprint) averaged
  5. Cloud optical depth is logarithmically spatially (footprint) averaged
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