A Long-Term Cloud Albedo Data Record Since 1980 from UV Satellite Sensors
Black-sky cloud albedo (BCA) is derived from satellite UV 340 nm observations from NOAA and NASA satellites to infer long-term (1980–2018) shortwave cloud albedo variations induced by volcano eruptions, the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, and decadal warming. While the UV cloud albedo has shown no lon...
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| author | Clark J. Weaver Dong L. Wu Pawan K. Bhartia Gordon J. Labow David P. Haffner |
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| description | Black-sky cloud albedo (BCA) is derived from satellite UV 340 nm observations from NOAA and NASA satellites to infer long-term (1980–2018) shortwave cloud albedo variations induced by volcano eruptions, the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, and decadal warming. While the UV cloud albedo has shown no long-term trend since 1980, there are statistically significant reductions over the North Atlantic and over the marine stratocumulus decks off the coast of California; increases in cloud albedo can be seen over Southeast Asia and over cloud decks off the coast of South America. The derived BCA assumes a C-1 water cloud model with varying cloud optical depths and a Cox–Munk surface BRDF over the ocean, using radiances calibrated over the East Antarctic Plateau and Greenland ice sheets during summer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51597360f3664dd8a4140836b099d20c2023-11-20T04:26:10ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922020-06-011212198210.3390/rs12121982A Long-Term Cloud Albedo Data Record Since 1980 from UV Satellite SensorsClark J. Weaver0Dong L. Wu1Pawan K. Bhartia2Gordon J. Labow3David P. Haffner4Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USAClimate and Radiation Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USAAtmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USAScience Systems and Applications (SSAI), Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USAScience Systems and Applications (SSAI), Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USABlack-sky cloud albedo (BCA) is derived from satellite UV 340 nm observations from NOAA and NASA satellites to infer long-term (1980–2018) shortwave cloud albedo variations induced by volcano eruptions, the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, and decadal warming. While the UV cloud albedo has shown no long-term trend since 1980, there are statistically significant reductions over the North Atlantic and over the marine stratocumulus decks off the coast of California; increases in cloud albedo can be seen over Southeast Asia and over cloud decks off the coast of South America. The derived BCA assumes a C-1 water cloud model with varying cloud optical depths and a Cox–Munk surface BRDF over the ocean, using radiances calibrated over the East Antarctic Plateau and Greenland ice sheets during summer.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/12/1982SBUVOMPScloud albedodiurnal cyclecloud feedbackENSO |
| spellingShingle | Clark J. Weaver Dong L. Wu Pawan K. Bhartia Gordon J. Labow David P. Haffner A Long-Term Cloud Albedo Data Record Since 1980 from UV Satellite Sensors Remote Sensing SBUV OMPS cloud albedo diurnal cycle cloud feedback ENSO |
| title | A Long-Term Cloud Albedo Data Record Since 1980 from UV Satellite Sensors |
| title_full | A Long-Term Cloud Albedo Data Record Since 1980 from UV Satellite Sensors |
| title_fullStr | A Long-Term Cloud Albedo Data Record Since 1980 from UV Satellite Sensors |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Long-Term Cloud Albedo Data Record Since 1980 from UV Satellite Sensors |
| title_short | A Long-Term Cloud Albedo Data Record Since 1980 from UV Satellite Sensors |
| title_sort | long term cloud albedo data record since 1980 from uv satellite sensors |
| topic | SBUV OMPS cloud albedo diurnal cycle cloud feedback ENSO |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/12/1982 |
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