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introduction spacecraft and instruments Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor Total Irradiance Monitor Cloud Camera



CLOUD CAMERA Cloud Camera Illustration

Cloud Camera is not a separate instrument, rather is used to identify clouds in the APS Nadir pixel.

Cloud Camera Research

The cloud camera is a high-spatial-resolution two-band radiometer intended to facilitate the identification of cloudcontaminated APS pixels and to determine the fraction of the pixel area occupied by clouds. Over ocean, the cloud camera will be used to determine aerosol load and fine mode fraction based on the aerosol microphysical model determined from APS measurements.

Cloud Camera Data

The analysis of cloud camera data to provide cross track coverage over a finite swath of aerosol load and fine mode fraction over the open ocean provides a back up to what is planned with APS and VIIRS in the event that VIIRS data is not available.