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Contributions to Climate Research Using the AIRS Science Team Version-5 ProductsThis paper compares recent spatial anomaly time series of OLR (Outgoing Longwave Radiation) and OLRCLR (Clear Sky OLR) as determined using CERES and AIRS observations over the time period September 2002 through June 2010. We find excellent agreement in OLR anomaly time series of both data sets in almost every detail, down to the 1 x 1 spatial grid point level. This extremely close agreement of OLR anomaly time series derived from observations by two different instruments implies that both sets of results must be highly stable. This agreement also validates to some extent the anomaly time series of the AIRS derived products used in the computation of the AIRS OLR product. The paper then examines anomaly time series of AIRS derived products over the extended time period September 2002 through April 2011. We show that OLR anomalies during this period are closely in phase with those of an El Nino index, and that recent global and tropical mean decreases in OLR and OLR(sub CLR) are a result of a transition from an El Nino condition at the beginning of the data record to La Nina conditions toward the end of the data period. This relationship can be explained by temporal changes of the distribution of mid-tropospheric water vapor and cloud cover in two spatial regions that are in direct response to El Nino/La Nina activity which occurs outside these spatial regions
Document ID
20110015241
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Susskind, Joel (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Molnar, Gyula (Morgan State Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Iredell, Lena (Science Applications International Corp. United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
August 21, 2011
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.CP.5036.2011
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Optics and Photonics 2011
Location: San Diego, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: August 21, 2011
End Date: August 25, 2011
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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