Title
Derivation of TOA and surface fluxes within one week of satellite measurements using the FLASHFlux algorithms
Abstract
For over a decade the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy Systems (CERES) project has been drawing together measurements to produce a world-class climate data record. Obtaining the very highest degree of accuracy needed for climate analysis, however, requires processing to assess the calibration coefficients, which typically delays the delivery of the CERES results to the climate community by more than six months after the satellite measurements. Although such delays are not critical for climate studies, there are a number of near real-time uses for the CERES data. The Fast Longwave and Shortwave Radiative Flux (FLASHFlux) subsystem was, therefore, developed within the CERES project to provide TOA and surface fluxes within one week of satellite measurements. Despite the use of the most recently available calibration coefficients and operational inputs that are different from CERES, FLASHFlux has been found to provide results that compare very favorably with the CERES results.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352305
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Keywords
Field
DocType
atmospheric radiation,atmospheric techniques,climatology,remote sensing,CERES data,CERES project,Clouds and the Earth Radiant Energy System,FLASHFlux algorithm,FLASHFlux subsystem,Fast Longwave and Shortwave Radiative Flux,TOA flux,calibration coefficient,climate analysis,climate community,climate data record,climate study,operational input,satellite measurement,surface flux,CERES,FLASHFlux,SSF,TISA
Meteorology,Satellite,Flux (metallurgy),Computer science,Shortwave,Remote sensing,Atmospheric radiation,Radiative flux,Longwave,Calibration,Radiant energy
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2153-6996 E-ISBN : 978-1-4673-1158-8
978-1-4673-1158-8
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6