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AIRS Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
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AMSR-E Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
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AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
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CA Cloud Amount
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CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
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Observation
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CLOUDSAT Cloud satellite mission operated by NASA
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LWP cloud Liquid Water Path
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COT Cloud Optical Thickness
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COD Cloud Optical Depth
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CPH Cloud thermodynamic PHase
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ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
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Forecasts
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ESA European Space Agency
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EUMETSAT Europe’s Meteorological Satellite Organisation
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GOES Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite
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IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
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IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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IR Infrared
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ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
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LUT Look Up Table
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MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
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(NASA/Terra, Aqua)
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METEOSAT Meteorological satellite
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MSG Meteosat Second Generation
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MWR MicroWave Radiometer
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NIR Near-infrared
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NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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NWP Numerical Weather Prediction model
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RTM Radiative Transfer Model
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SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

Revision as of 15:14, 24 May 2011

Acronym
cm cloud mask
CNRS
CM-SAF Climate Monitoring - Satellite Application Facility
cph cloud phase
ctt cloud top temperature
ctp cloud top pressure
cth cloud top height
cod cloud optical depth
ref effective radius
lwp liquid water path
iwp ice water path

AIRS Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder AMSR-E Special Sensor Microwave/Imager AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CA Cloud Amount CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation CLOUDSAT Cloud satellite mission operated by NASA LWP cloud Liquid Water Path COT Cloud Optical Thickness COD Cloud Optical Depth CPH Cloud thermodynamic PHase ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ESA European Space Agency EUMETSAT Europe’s Meteorological Satellite Organisation GOES Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IR Infrared ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project LUT Look Up Table MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (NASA/Terra, Aqua) METEOSAT Meteorological satellite MSG Meteosat Second Generation MWR MicroWave Radiometer NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NIR Near-infrared NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NWP Numerical Weather Prediction model RTM Radiative Transfer Model SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager