This project will directly support the generation of NASA CERES mission data products. It will provide continued MODIS-based aerosol analysis for the CERES Edition 4 surface flux datasets that are currently in production, as well as VIIRS-based aerosols for post-MODIS and future CERES editions. Emphasis will be on data continuity between MODIS and VIIRS and the effect of the switch on the climate record. CERES instruments are presently in operation on the Terra, Aqua and Suomi NPP satellites.
CERES and VIIRS instruments are scheduled for launch on the NOAA JPSS-1 satellite in 2017, when CERES aerosol and flux products should be based primarily on VIIRS. The SatelliteDL software package and its multi-sensor cloud and aerosol datasets, as well as the ensemble aerosol analysis, will contribute to the international AeroCom collaboration.
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