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CIMSS VIIRS Cloud Property Research


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The purpose of these pages is to present cloud property algorithms that are applicable to the 16-channel National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) that will be on board the next generation of polar-orbiting satellites. In addition, comparisons between algorithms used in the Clouds from AVHRR (CLAVR) processing system and the VIIRS algorithms are performed to determine the potential continuity of combined AVHRR/VIIRS cloud property climatology. The VIIRS data is simulated using data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).  



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