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Creator:: Coakley, James A., Jr., Tahnk, William R., Jayaraman, A., Quinn, Patricia K., Devaux, Claude, and Tanré, Didier
Abstract:: A scheme is presented for retrieving aerosol properties for ocean regions from reflected sunlight at both the visible and near infrared wavelengths measured by the NOAA advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR). For the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX), aerosols were presumed to be a mixture of a continental haze that...
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Full Text:: and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA A. Jayaraman Planetary

Creator:: Matheson, Mark A., Coakley, James A., and Tahnk, William R.
Abstract:: Empirical estimates of the aerosol indirect radiative forcing often rely on threshold cloud retrievals applied to multispectral satellite imagery data. In such retrievals, pixels having radiances that surpass prescribed thresholds are assumed to be overcast even if they are only partially cloud covered. This assumption leads to cloud visible optical...
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Full Text:: Sciences, McGraw-Hill, New York. Coakley, J. A. Jr., W. R. Tahnk, A. Jayaraman, P. K. Quinn, C. Devaux

Creator:: Coakley, James A. Jr., Friedman, Michael A., and Tahnk, William R.
Abstract:: Retrievals of cloud properties from satellite imagery often invoke the assumption that the fields of view are overcast when cloud-contaminated, even though a significant fraction are only partially cloud-covered. The overcast assumption leads to biases in the retrieved cloud properties: cloud amounts and droplet effective radii are typically overestimated, while...
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Full Text:: JAMES A. COAKLEY JR., MICHAEL A. FRIEDMAN,* AND WILLIAM R. TAHNK College of Oceanic and Atmospheric

Creator:: Matheson, Mark A., Coakley, James A., and Tahnk, William R.
Abstract:: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) 4-km data collected over the northeastern Atlantic off the coast of the Iberian Peninsula for May to August 1995 were used to investigate the feasibility of empirically deriving estimates of the aerosol indirect radiative forcing. A retrieval scheme was used to derive cloud visible...
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Full Text:: observations Mark A. Matheson, James A. Coakley Jr., and William R. Tahnk College of Oceanic and Atmospheric

Creator:: Matheson, Mark A., Coakley, James A., and Tahnk, William R.
Abstract:: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) 4-km data were collected over the northeast Atlantic for May–August 1995–1999. Aerosol optical depth at 0.55 μm was retrieved in pixels identified as being cloud-free ocean. In pixels identified as containing clouds from single-layered, low-level cloud systems over oceans, the following cloud properties were...
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Full Text:: observations of summertime stratocumulus collocated with aerosols in the northeastern Atlantic Mark A

Creator:: Tahnk, William R. and Coakley, James A. Jr.
Abstract:: A time history of the calibration coefficients for channels 1 and 2 of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-12 and NOAA-15 spacecraft is presented. The history is based on reflectances observed for the interior zones of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets previously obtained with the...
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Full Text:: , A. Jayaraman, P. K. Quinn, and D. Tanré, 2002: Aerosol optical depth and direct radiative forcing

Creator:: Tahnk, William R. and Coakley, James A., Jr.
Abstract:: Visible and near infrared reflectances from NOAA-14 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) daytime passes are used to derive optical depths at 0.55 μm, an index of aerosol type, continental or marine, and the direct effect of the aerosol on the top of the atmosphere and surface solar radiative fluxes...
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Full Text:: for INDOEX derived from AVHRR: Observations, January–March 1996–2000 William R. Tahnk and James A

Creator:: Luderer, Gunnar, Coakley, James A. Jr., and Tahnk, William R.
Abstract:: Observations of sunlight reflected from regions of sun glint are used to check the relative calibration of spectral radiances obtained with imaging radiometers. Reflectances at different wavelengths for sun-glint regions are linearly related. Provided that the atmosphere is reasonably transparent at the wavelengths, the aerosol burden is reasonably light, 0.64-μm...
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Full Text:: Spectral Radiances GUNNAR LUDERER,* JAMES A. COAKLEY JR., AND WILLIAM R. TAHNK College of Oceanic and

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