Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-7007-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-7007-2024
Research article
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13 Dec 2024
Research article |  | 13 Dec 2024

Retrieval of top-of-atmosphere fluxes from combined EarthCARE lidar, imager, and broadband radiometer observations: the BMA-FLX product

Almudena Velázquez Blázquez, Carlos Domenech, Edward Baudrez, Nicolas Clerbaux, Carla Salas Molar, and Nils Madenach

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EarthCARE level-2 demonstration products from simulated scenes Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7728948

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This paper focuses on the BMA-FLX processor, in which thermal and solar top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes are obtained from longwave and shortwave radiances measured along track by the EarthCARE Broadband Radiometer (BBR). The BBR measurements, at three fixed viewing angles (fore, nadir, aft), are co-registered either at the surface or at a reference level. A combined flux from the three BRR views is obtained. The algorithm has been successfully validated against test scenes.