A Brief description of the Clouds and the Earth's

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A Brief description of the Clouds and the Earth's
Radiant Energy System (CERES) Ocean Validation
Experiment (COVE) Presented at the 10th
International Pyrheliometer Intercomparison in
Davos, Switzerland September 26 to October 14
2005, by Fred Denn
Edited by Jay Madigan
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The Mission Measure and predict global Climate
change
EOS Earth Observing System. CERES Clouds and the
Earth's Radiant Energy System COVE CERES Ocean
Validation Experiment.
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The COVE Site, 25km Offshore in the Atlantic Ocean
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Why locate COVE at the Chesapeake Light
station? One of the purposes of COVE is to be a
satellite ground truth site. It is far enough
off shore that satellite over flights often see
only the uniform ocean surface, greatly reducing
the complexity of data analysis. COVE is also
a Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) site.
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Platform on Which the COVE Site is Located, U.S.
Coast Guard Chesapeake Light Station
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Tower Top Location of Downwelling Irradiance
Measurements
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Measurements Made at COVE
Downwelling Longwave broadband Shortwave
broadband Shortwave spectral UV
spectral Shortwave spectral
Upwelling Longwave broadband Shortwave
broadband Shortwave spectral
Other Micro pulse lidar Sea surface temperature
Meteorological Wind Speed and Direction Temperatur
e Humidity Pressure
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Data Access web site cove.larc.nasa.gov
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Acknowledgements NASA Langley PMOD U.S. Coast
Guard