Extended Abstract (1.7M)P1.12
Validation of a GOES-R Broadband Shortwave Surface Transmission and TOA Albedo LUT method
Fred G. Rose, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and Q. Fu, I. Laszlo, and T. P. Charlock
A fast look-up-table (LUT) method to retrieve broadband surface transmission and top-of-atmosphere albedo is validated. The LUT methodology uses the LaRC modified Fu-Liou 2-stream delta-eddington, correlated-k, 18-band, shortwave radiative transfer model to produce a pseudo eleven dimension look-up-table. Narrowband retrievals of cloud properties of optical depth, phase, particle size and height are validated against in-situ surface observations from ARM, BSRN, SURFRAD and CERES TOA shortwave. Quality inputs of aerosol optical depth and single-scatter albedo ,surface albedo, surface type and elevation, precipitable water, column ozone and solar zenith angle are assumed.
Poster Session 1, Fifth GOES Users' Confererence Poster Session
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Exhibit Hall B
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