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Updated observations of clouds by MODIS for global model assessment
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA
Paul A. Hubanks
Adnet Systems, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Steven Platnick
Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Kerry Meyer
Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Robert E. Holz
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Denis Botambekov
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Casey J. Wall
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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This paper describes a new global dataset of cloud properties observed by a specific satellite program created to facilitate comparison with a matching observational proxy used in climate models. Statistics are accumulated over daily and monthly timescales on an equal-angle grid. Statistics include cloud detection, cloud-top pressure, and cloud optical properties. Joint histograms of several variable pairs are also available.
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