Hello,
Thank you for your interest in CERES data.
The cloud effective temperature of the cloud is the temperature returned from the Planck function using the observed imager radiance. The cloud effective height is the corresponding height you would find that temperature in the temperature profile. The cloud height is an adjustment to the effective cloud height based upon the cloud optical depth.
The cloud base pressure and temperature are provided which are used in the Fu-Liou radiative transfer calculations. You can get the cloud base height by using the hypsometric equation or by calculating a saturated adiabatic lapse rate at that point.
Regard,
ASDC
Thank you for your interest in CERES data.
The cloud effective temperature of the cloud is the temperature returned from the Planck function using the observed imager radiance. The cloud effective height is the corresponding height you would find that temperature in the temperature profile. The cloud height is an adjustment to the effective cloud height based upon the cloud optical depth.
The cloud base pressure and temperature are provided which are used in the Fu-Liou radiative transfer calculations. You can get the cloud base height by using the hypsometric equation or by calculating a saturated adiabatic lapse rate at that point.
Regard,
ASDC
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