cloud trends from gome, sciamachy and omi ping wang, mark kroon, piet stammes, ronald van der a
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OMI science meeting, Helsinki, 24-27 June 2008. Cloud trends from GOME, SCIAMACHY and OMI Ping Wang, Mark Kroon, Piet Stammes, Ronald van der A KNMI, De Bilt, the Netherlands. Overview. Importance of clouds Satellite instruments Method Global frequency distributions of cloud properties - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Cloud trends from GOME, SCIAMACHY and OMI
Ping Wang, Mark Kroon, Piet Stammes, Ronald van der A
KNMI, De Bilt, the Netherlands
OMI science meeting, Helsinki, 24-27 June 2008
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Overview• Importance of clouds• Satellite instruments • Method • Global frequency distributions of cloud properties• Trends in global cloud properties • Conclusions
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Importance of clouds for climate
1. Clouds dominate the radiative budget of the atmosphere:
Clouds contribute about 75 % to Earth’s albedo. Height of clouds determines their temperature.
2. Clouds play a central role in the hydrological cycle.
3. Current understanding of clouds is limited:
Global climate models have to be validated with global observations of clouds.
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Satellite spectrometersINSTRUMENT /SATELLITE SPECTRAL RANGE PIXEL SIZE
GOME / ERS-2: 240 – 800 nm 320x40
km2
SCIAMACHY / Envisat: 240 – 2380 nm 60x30 km2
GOME-2 / Metop-A: 240 – 800 nm80x40 km2
OMI/AURA: 270 – 500 nm24x13 km2
Spectral resolution: 0.2 - 0.4 nm
SCIAGOME/GOME-2
O2 A
OMI
O2-O2Raman
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Spectral resolution: 0.4 nm
Spectral resolution: 1 pm
O2 A-band simulation
O2 A-band measurement
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Cloud retrieval algorithm FRESCOReality Retrieval model
ceff1-ceff
•Geometrical cloud fraction•Cloud optical thickness•Cloud top pressure•Cloud bottom pressure•Cloud phase•………
FRESCO algorithm produces:• Effective cloud fraction: ceff• Cloud pressure pc
pcAc = 0.8
ps, As
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Simulation of O2 cloud pressure
Sneep et al. JGR 2008
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O2 A-band cloud results compared to ISCCP data
Data selection:
GOME (FRESCO): 1996-2003SCIAMACHY (FRESCO): 2003-2005
ISCCP D2 data: 1996-2005
Area: 60° N – 60° STime: 10:OO hr local time
Monthly averages
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Comparison between GOME and ISCCP
ISCCP 09:00
land ocean
1997
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Time series of global mean cloud pressure
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Time series of NH and SH cloud pressure
GOME
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OMI global mean cloud pressure
Whole Globe (60S,60N) OMICloud Pressure COL3
660680700720740760780800
Time (months)
Clou
d Pr
essu
re
OMI O2O2OMI Raman
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OMI global mean effective cloud fraction
Whole Globe (60S,60N) OMICloud Fraction COL3
0.280
0.290
0.300
0.310
0.320
0.330
0.340
Time (months)
Clou
d Fr
actio
n
OMI O2O2OMI Raman
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Global mean cloud pressure 1996-2008
cloud pressure
620
640
660
680
700
720
740
1 10 19 28 37 46 55 64 73 82 91 100 109 118 127 136 145
month from January 1996
Pc [h
Pa]
gome Pcscia PcOMI O2O2 Pc
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Global mean effective cloud fraction 1996-2008
effective cloud fraction
0.25
0.26
0.27
0.28
0.29
0.3
0.31
0.32
0.33
0.34
1 12 23 34 45 56 67 78 89 100 111 122 133 144
month from January 1996
c_ef
f gome cscia cOMI O2O2 c
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O2-O2 cloud fraction across track
July 2007
The larger ceff at the edges of the swath might contribute to the larger global mean ceff
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O2-O2 ceff, Pc vs. lat.
July 2007
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Conclusions• O2 absorption provides unique height information
about clouds, since visible light penetrates into clouds.• O2 methods are complementary to IR methods which
give mostly the top of the cloud.• O2 cloud pressure has a clear bimodal distribution
unlike ISCCP. • The global average O2 A-band cloud pressure has a
clear seasonal dependence, which is missing in ISCCP.. OMI O2-O2 global averaged cloud pressure and
effective cloud fraction show less seasonal variation than GOME and SCIA FRESCO cloud products.
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Whole Globe (60S,60N) OMICloud Pressure ECS2
600620640660680700720740760780800
Time (months)
Clou
d Pr
essu
re
OMI O2O2OMI Raman
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Whole Globe (60S,60N) OMICloud Fraction ECS2
0.1750.1950.2150.2350.2550.2750.2950.3150.335
Oct-04
Dec-04Feb
-05Ap
r-05Jun-0
5
Aug-0
5Oct-
05
Dec-05Feb
-06Ap
r-06Jun-0
6
Aug-0
6Oct-
06
Dec-06Feb
-07Ap
r-07Jun-0
7
Aug-0
7Oct-
07
Time (months)
Clou
d Fr
actio
n
OMI O2O2OMI Raman
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Trend in global cloud pressure from GOME and SCIAMACHY
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Use of O2 absorption band:direct measure of cloud pressure
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oceanland
Cloud pressure distributions from GOME
Global mean, 1997
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• O2-O2 FRESCO comparison Maarten et al. 2008• FRESCO+ cloud fraction and pressure monthly average,
perhaps not all the data• Differences in the FRESCO and OMI cloud average.• Cloud effect on climate• ISCCP data new version?• How to explain the seasonal variation• Check the SZA dependence?• Make FRESCO cloud trend plot using excel ?