modis_ice_topped_cloud_area_fraction

under discussion
Created: 15 Jul 2024
Proposer: Brandon Duran
Proposed Date: 2024-06-25
#328
Standard names: Propose new additions to the standard names table (MODIS output from COSP simulator)
Change Date: 15 Jul 2024, 4:17 p.m.
modis_cloud_area_fraction_ice
Liquid means liquid-topped clouds, as seen by the MODIS simulator. Dimensions of the histogram are cloud top pressure and cloud optical depth
Change Date: 15 Jul 2024, 4:24 p.m.
modis_cloud_area_fraction_ice
Ice means ice-topped clouds, as seen by the MODIS simulator. Dimensions of the histogram are cloud top pressure and cloud optical depth.
Change Date: 15 Jul 2024, 4:39 p.m.
modis_cloud_area_fraction_ice 1 [UUUU]
Ice means ice-topped clouds, as seen by the MODIS simulator. Dimensions of the histogram are cloud top pressure and cloud optical depth.
Change Date: 25 Jul 2024, 12:32 p.m.
modis_ice_topped_cloud_area_fraction 1 [UUUU]
Ice means ice-topped clouds, as seen by the MODIS simulator. To distinguish that these are cloud area fractions as seen by a specific satellite instrument simulator, not the same as cloud area fractions diagnosed by the native model, the prefix format of satellite name_ is employed.
Change Date: 13 Aug 2024, 12:11 p.m.
modis_ice_topped_cloud_area_fraction 1 [UUUU] P07 id: OKOVAI5O
Ice means ice-topped clouds, as seen by the MODIS simulator. To distinguish that these are cloud area fractions as seen by a specific satellite instrument simulator, not the same as cloud area fractions diagnosed by the native model, the prefix format of satellite name_ is employed. "Area fraction" is the fraction of a grid cell's horizontal area that has some characteristic of interest. It is evaluated as the area of interest divided by the grid cell area, or if the cell_methods restricts the evaluation to some portion of that grid cell (e.g. "where sea_ice"), then it is the area of interest divided by the area of the identified portion.
Change Date: 12 Aug 2025, 2:03 p.m.
modis_ice_topped_cloud_area_fraction 1 [UUUU] P07 id: OKOVAI5O
Ice means ice-topped clouds, as seen by the MODIS simulator. To distinguish that these are cloud area fractions as seen by a specific satellite instrument simulator, not the same as cloud area fractions diagnosed by the native model, the prefix format of satellite name_ is employed. "Area fraction" is the fraction of a grid cell's horizontal area that has some characteristic of interest. It is evaluated as the area of interest divided by the grid cell area, or if the cell_methods restricts the evaluation to some portion of that grid cell (e.g. "where sea_ice"), then it is the area of interest divided by the area of the identified portion. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover".
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