Abstract
The CLimate Absolute Radiance and REfractivity Observatory (CLARREO) mission is designed to initiate a benchmark measurement timeseries for climate applications that is optimized for the detection of climate trends against background climate noise. To meet this definition, it is required that the measurements are of high accuracy, that the accuracy is experimentally tested on- orbit against recognized measurement standards, that the measurements are sensitive to key climate variables, and are sampled such that spatial and temporal variability in the climate system do not render an ambiguous interpretation of the climate trends. The principles that lead to this definition are surveyed before illustrating the analysis of simulated timeseries of CLARREO infrared spectra to test radiative feedback processes in climate models.
© 2009 Optical Society of America
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