Web-based CERES Clouds QC Property Viewing Tool

Abstract:

Churngwei Chu¹, Rita Smith¹, Sunny Sun-Mack¹, Yan Chen¹, Elizabeth Heckert¹, Patrick Minnis²

¹ Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, Virginia

² NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

This presentation will display the capabilities of a web-based CERES cloud property viewer. Aqua/Terra/NPP data will be chosen for examples. It will demonstrate viewing of cloud properties in gridded global maps, histograms, time series displays, latitudinal zonal images, binned data charts, data frequency graphs, and ISCCP plots. Images can be manipulated by the user to narrow boundaries of the map as well as color bars and value ranges, compare datasets, view data values, and more. Other atmospheric studies groups will be encouraged to put their data into the underlying NetCDF data format and view their data with the tool.