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Steven Platnick
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 194
Citations - 12806
Steven Platnick is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer & Radiative transfer. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 191 publications receiving 11345 citations. Previous affiliations of Steven Platnick include Ames Research Center & University of the Witwatersrand.
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The MODIS cloud products: algorithms and examples from Terra
Steven Platnick,Michael D. King,Steven A. Ackerman,W.P. Menzel,Bryan A. Baum,Jerome Riedi,Richard A. Frey +6 more
TL;DR: The various algorithms being used for the remote sensing of cloud properties from MODIS data with an emphasis on the pixel-level retrievals (referred to as Level-2 products), with 1-km or 5-km spatial resolution at nadir are described.
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Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS
Michael D. King,W.P. Menzel,Yoram J. Kaufman,Didier Tanré,Bo-Cai Gao,Steven Platnick,Steven A. Ackerman,Lorraine A. Remer,Robert Pincus,Paul A. Hubanks +9 more
TL;DR: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer is an Earth-viewing sensor that flies on the Earth Observing System Terra and Aqua satellites, launched in 1999 and 2002, respectively that provides atmospheric properties such as cloud mask, atmospheric profiles, aerosol properties, total precipitable water, and cloud properties.
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The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua
Steven Platnick,Kerry Meyer,Michael D. King,Galina Wind,Nandana Amarasinghe,Benjamin Marchant,G. Thomas Arnold,Zhibo Zhang,Paul A. Hubanks,Robert E. Holz,Ping Yang,William L. Ridgway,Jerome Riedi +12 more
TL;DR: The C6 algorithm changes can collectively result in significant changes relative to C5, though the magnitude depends on the data set and the pixel's retrieval location in the cloud parameter space.
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Assessment of Global Cloud Datasets from Satellites: Project and Database Initiated by the GEWEX Radiation Panel
Claudia J. Stubenrauch,William B. Rossow,Stefan Kinne,Steven A. Ackerman,G. Cesana,Hélène Chepfer,L. Di Girolamo,Brian Getzewich,A. Guignard,Andrew K. Heidinger,B. C. Maddux,W. P. Menzel,Patrick Minnis,C. Pearl,Steven Platnick,Caroline Poulsen,Jerome Riedi,S. Sun-Mack,Andi Walther,Dave Winker,S. Zeng,G. Zhao +21 more
TL;DR: The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud Assessment as discussed by the authors provides the first coordinated intercomparison of publicly available, standard global cloud products (gridded monthly statistics) retrieved from measurements of multispectral imagers (some with multiangle view and polarization capabilities).
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Clouds Observed by MODIS Onboard the Terra and Aqua Satellites
TL;DR: The cloud effective particle radius of liquid water clouds is significantly larger over ocean than land, consistent with the variation in hygroscopic aerosol concentrations that provide cloud condensation nuclei necessary for cloud formation.