Cirrus cloud radiative forcing derived from synergetic use of MODIS analyses and ground-based observations

Shuichiro Katagiri; Nobuyuki Kikuchi; Takashi Y. Nakajima; Akiko Higurashi; Atsushi Shimizu; Ichiro Matsui; Tadahiro Hayasaka; Nobuo Sugimoto; Tamio Takamura; Teruyuki Nakajima

doi:10.2151/sola.2010-007

Cirrus cloud radiative forcing derived from synergetic use of MODIS analyses and ground-based observations

Shuichiro Katagiri, Nobuyuki Kikuchi, Takashi Y. Nakajima, Akiko Higurashi, Atsushi Shimizu, Ichiro Matsui, Tadahiro Hayasaka, Nobuo Sugimoto, Tamio Takamura, Teruyuki Nakajima

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We have been performing radiative budget measurements at a ground-based observatory located on Fukue Island. In this study, we analyzed the data from instruments installed in the observatory and the data observed by MODIS, the satellite-borne imager, to evaluate cirrus cloud radiative forcing (CRF). The result shows that CRF took a large positive value as 127.98 W m^-2 at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) and a small positive value as 13.2 W m^-2 at the surface. As a result, it was found that optically very thin cirrus clouds exert a strong warming effect on the Earth's system and a weak warming effect on the Earth's surface when aerosols are not taken into account.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-28
Number of pages	4
Journal	Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2151/sola.2010-007
Publication status	Published - 2010

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