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Qing Z. Trepte
Researcher at Science Applications International Corporation
Publications - 30
Citations - 1271
Qing Z. Trepte is an academic researcher from Science Applications International Corporation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer & Cloud top. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 28 publications receiving 1108 citations.
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CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data—Part I: Algorithms
Patrick Minnis,S. Sun-Mack,David F. Young,Patrick W. Heck,Donald P. Garber,Yan Chen,Douglas A. Spangenberg,Robert F. Arduini,Qing Z. Trepte,William L. Smith,J. K. Ayers,Sharon Gibson,Walter F. Miller,Gang Hong,Venkatesan Chakrapani,Y. Takano,Kuo-Nan Liou,Yu Xie,Ping Yang +18 more
TL;DR: This paper documents the CERES Edition-2 cloud property retrieval system used to analyze data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Visible and Infrared Scanner and by the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectrometer instruments on board the Terra and Aqua satellites covering the period 1998 through 2007.
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Cloud Detection in Nonpolar Regions for CERES Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data
Patrick Minnis,Qing Z. Trepte,S. Sun-Mack,Yan Chen,David R. Doelling,David F. Young,Douglas A. Spangenberg,Walter F. Miller,Bruce A. Wielicki,R. R. Brown,S. Gibson,Erika Geier +11 more
TL;DR: Objective techniques have been developed to consistently identify cloudy pixels over nonpolar regions in multispectral imager data coincident with measurements taken by the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Terra, and Aqua satellites.
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CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data—Part II: Examples of Average Results and Comparisons With Other Data
Patrick Minnis,S. Sun-Mack,Yan Chen,Mandana M. Khaiyer,Yuhong Yi,J. K. Ayers,R. R. Brown,Xiquan Dong,Sharon Gibson,Patrick W. Heck,Bing Lin,Michele L. Nordeen,Louis Nguyen,Rabindra Palikonda,William L. Smith,Douglas A. Spangenberg,Qing Z. Trepte,Baike Xi +17 more
TL;DR: Cloud properties were retrieved by applying the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) project Edition-2 algorithms to 3.5 years of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Visible and Infrared Scanner data and 5.5 and 8 years of MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data from Aqua and Terra.
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Near-real time cloud retrievals from operational and research meteorological satellites
Patrick Minnis,Louis Nguyen,Rabindra Palikonda,Patrick W. Heck,Douglas A. Spangenberg,David R. Doelling,J. Kirk Ayers,William L. Smith,Mandana M. Khaiyer,Qing Z. Trepte,Lance A. Avey,Fu-Lung Chang,Christopher R. Yost,Thad Chee,Sun-Mack Szedung +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, a set of cloud retrieval algorithms developed for CERES and applied to MODIS data have been adapted to analyze other satellite imager data in near-real time.
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CERES cloud property retrievals from imagers on TRMM, Terra, and Aqua
Patrick Minnis,David F. Young,Sunny Sun-Mack,Patrick W. Heck,David R. Doelling,Qing Z. Trepte +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the micro-and macrophysical properties of clouds from the NASA Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) from the MODIS on the Terra and Aqua satellites.