Robert F. Arduini

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.

TL;DR: In this article, adding-doubling (AD) radiative transfer models are used to compute reflectance and effective emittance at wavelengths commonly used by operational meteorological satellite imagers for droplet effective radii ranging from 2 to 32 μm and for distributions of randomly oriented hexagonal ice crystals with effective diameters varying from 6 to 135 μm.

TL;DR: In this paper, a multilayered cloud retrieval system (MCRS) was developed by combining satellite visible and infrared radiances and surface microwave radiometer measurements, and the results showed that the MCRS clearly produces a more accurate retrieval of ice-over-water cloud properties.

TL;DR: More accurate interpretation of the CERES radiation measurements has resulted from the use of the Ed4 cloud properties, and the average properties are compared with those from other algorithms and the differences between individual reference data and matched Ed4 retrievals are explored.

TL;DR: In this article, a multispectral, multiresolution (MSMR) method is developed for analyzing scenes of overlapping cloud layers using data from the NOAA 11 advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) and the high-resolution infrared radiometer sounder (HIRS-2).