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Global cloud property models for real-time triage on board visible–shortwave infrared spectrometers
Macey W. Sandford
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI, USA
David R. Thompson
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Robert O. Green
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Brian H. Kahn
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Raffaele Vitulli
European Space Research and Technology Center,
European Space Agency, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Steve Chien
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Amruta Yelamanchili
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Winston Olson-Duvall
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
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We demonstrate an onboard cloud-screening approach to significantly reduce the amount of cloud-contaminated data transmitted from orbit. We have produced location-specific models that improve performance by taking into account the unique cloud statistics in different latitudes. We have shown that screening clouds based on their location or surface type will improve the ability for a cloud-screening tool to improve the volume of usable science data.
We demonstrate an onboard cloud-screening approach to significantly reduce the amount of...
