1. AOS 340 Project #3 Results

2. High Spectral Resolution Radiance: tau=0.1

3. High Spectral Resolution Radiance: tau=1.0

4. High Spectral Resolution Radiance: tau=10.0

5. GOES Bandpass Filter Functions

6. Convolved Radiance as Cloud Height Changes: tau=0.1

7. Convolved Radiance as Cloud Height Changes: tau=1.0

8. Convolved Radiance as Cloud Height Changes: tau=10.0

9. Temperature Profile

10. Cloud Minus Clear Sky Radiance: tau=0.1

11. Cloud Minus Clear Sky Radiance: tau=1.0

12. Cloud Minus Clear Sky Radiance: tau=10.0

13. Radiance Ratios Between Channels: tau=0.1

14. Radiance Ratios Between Channels: tau=1.0

15. Radiance Ratios Between Channels: tau=10.0 This feature of being insensitive to the cloud optical depth (and similarly insensitive to cloud fraction) is exploited in a method called “CO 2 slicing” to estimate cloud heights from passive infrared data