Cloud Detection Over Sunglint Regions With Observations From the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera

Zhou, Yaping; Yang, Yuekui; Zhai, Peng-Wang; Gao, Meng

doi:10.3389/frsen.2021.690010

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“…Lacking any shortwave infrared channels (e.g., 1.6 µm), detection of clouds over snow and icecovered surfaces has been difficult. Zhou et al (2020Zhou et al ( , 2021 have greatly improved cloud detectability over those surfaces and in sunglint conditions over water surfaces using the oxygen A and B bands. describe the standard EPIC cloud products and their evaluation.…”

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Lagrange Point Missions: The Key to next Generation Integrated Earth Observations. DSCOVR Innovation

Valero

Marshak

Minnis

2021

Front. Remote Sens.

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A new perspective for studying Earth processes has been soundly demonstrated by the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission. For the past 6 years, the first Earth-observing satellite orbiting at the Lagrange 1 (L1) point, the DSCOVR satellite has been viewing the planet in a fundamentally different way compared to all other satellites. It is providing unique simultaneous observations of nearly the entire sunlit face of the Earth at a relatively high temporal resolution. This capability enables detailed coverage of evolving atmospheric and surface systems over meso- and large-scale domains, both individually and as a whole, from sunrise to sunset, under continuously changing illumination and viewing conditions. DSCOVR’s view also contains polar regions that are only partially seen from geostationary satellites (GEOs). To exploit this unique perspective, DSCOVR instruments provide multispectral imagery and measurements of the Earth’s reflected and emitted radiances from 0.2 to 100 µm. Data from these sensors have been and continue to be utilized for a great variety of research involving retrievals of atmospheric composition, aerosols, clouds, ocean, and vegetation properties; estimates of surface radiation and the top-of-atmosphere radiation budget; and determining exoplanet signatures. DSCOVR’s synoptic and high temporal resolution data encompass the areas observed during the day from low Earth orbiting satellites (LEOs) and GEOs along with occasional views of the Moon. Because the LEO and GEO measurements can be easily matched with simultaneous DSCOVR data, multiangle, multispectral datasets can be developed by integrating DSCOVR, LEO, and GEO data along with surface and airborne observations, when available. Such datasets can open the door for global application of algorithms heretofore limited to specific LEO satellites and development of new scientific tools for Earth sciences. The utility of the integrated datasets relies on accurate intercalibration of the observations, a process that can be facilitated by the DSCOVR views of the Moon, which serves as a stable reference. Because of their full-disc views, observatories at one or more Lagrange points can play a key role in next-generation integrated Earth observing systems.

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Section: Surface and Atmospheric Propertiesmentioning

confidence: 99%