Cloud, Atmospheric Radiation and Renewal Energy Application (CARE) Version 1.2 Shortwave Cloud Radiative Forcing From Himawari-8 and FY-4A: Algorithm Development and Preliminary Validation (opens in new tab)

Clouds strongly modulate the radiation balance of the Earth and the atmosphere system by reflection of shortwave radiation and absorption of longwave radiation. In this study, we develop a shortwave cloud radiative effect (SWCRE) algorithm for the cloud, atmospheric radiation, and renewal energy application (CARE) datasets (Version 1.2) from geostationary satellites of Himawari-8/9 and FY-4A. First, the lookup tables (LUTs) for retrieval of cloud optical thickness (COT) and cloud effective ra...