Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Tokai University
Tohoku University
Chiba University
The University of Tokyo
抄録
We have been performing radiative budget measurements at a ground-based observatory located on Fukue Island. In this study, we analyzed the data from instruments installed in the observatory and the data observed by MODIS, the satellite-borne imager, to evaluate cirrus cloud radiative forcing (CRF). The result shows that CRF took a large positive value as 127.98 Wm(-2) at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) and a small positive value as 13.2 Wm(-2) at the surface. As a result, it was found that optically very thin cirrus clouds exert a strong warming effect on the Earth's system and a weak warming effect on the Earth's surface when aerosols are not taken into account.
雑誌名
SOLA : Scientific online letters on the atomsphere
Cirrus Cloud Radiative Forcing Derived from Synergetic Use of MODIS Analysis and Ground-Based Observations
Nakajima2010SOLA_H24P146.pdf
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