PARAMETER ALL DAY NIGHT ***** PARAMETER ALL DAY NIGHT REGION# Tuned LW SFC NET Total Sky Hour # Tuned LW SFC NET Clear Sky COSSOL Inital Aerosol Optical Depth CERES VZEN Adjustment to Aerosol Optical Depth CERES RZA Modis Land Aerosol IMAGER VZEN Modis Ocean Aerosol 0.66um IMAGER RZA TUNED SW Forcing TOA NET (TOT-CLDNOAER) CERES SunGlint TUNED SW Forcing SFC NET (TOT-CLDNOAER) VIRS SunGlint TUNED LW Forcing TOA NET (TOT-CLDNOAER) Spare.. TUNED LW Forcing SFC NET (TOT-CLDNOAER) TOA INSOLATION TUNED SW Forcing TOA NET (CLEAR -PRISTINE) OBS TOT SKY SW TOA REFLECTED TUNED SW Forcing SFC NET (CLEAR -PRISTINE) OBS TOT SKY LW TOA Sfc_500hPa Flux Convergence LW Clear Sky OBS TOT SKY WN TOA 500_200hPa Flux Convergence LW Clear Sky UNtuned SW TOA 200_70hPa Flux Convergence LW Clear Sky UNtuned LW TOA 70hPa_TOA Flux Convergence LW Clear Sky UNtuned WN TOA Sfc_500hPa Flux Convergence LW Full Sky Tuned SW TOA 500_200hPa Flux Convergence LW Full Sky Tuned LW TOA 200_70hPa Flux Convergence LW Full Sky Tuned WN TOA 70hPa_TOA Flux Convergence LW Full Sky (UT-OBS) SW TOA Sfc_500hPa Flux Convergence SW Clear Sky (UT-OBS) LW TOA 500_200hPa Flux Convergence SW Clear Sky (UT-OBS) WN TOA 200_70hPa Flux Convergence SW Clear Sky (TU-OBS) SW TOA 70hPa_TOA Flux Convergence SW Clear Sky (TU-OBS) LW TOA Sfc_500hpa Flux Convergence SW Full Sky (TU-OBS) WN TOA 500_200hPa Flux Convergence SW Full Sky OBS Clear SKY SW TOA REFLECTED 200_70hPa Flux Convergence SW Full Sky OBS Clear SKY LW TOA 70hPa_TOA Flux Convergence SW Full Sky OBS Clear SKY WN TOA Atm. Flux Convergence SW Clear Sky Tuned Clear SKY SW TOA Atm. Flux Convergence LW Clear Sky Tuned Clear SKY LW TOA Atm. Flux Convergence SW Full Sky Tuned Clear SKY WN TOA Atm. Flux Convergence LW Full Sky (TU-OBS) Clear SKY SW TOA Atm. Flux Convergence SW Cloud Forced (TU-OBS) Clear SKY LW TOA Atm. Flux Convergence LW Cloud Forced (TU-OBS) Clear SKY WN TOA Sfc_500hPa Flux Convergence LW Cloud Forced Percentage of Gridbox Clear 500_200hPa Flux Convergence LW Cloud Forced Cloud % High 200_70hPa Flux Convergence LW Cloud Forced Cloud % uppermid 70hPa_TOA Flux Convergence LW Cloud Forced Cloud % lowermid Sfc_500hPa Flux Convergence SW Cloud Forced Cloud % Low 500_200hPa Flux Convergence SW Cloud Forced Inital Precip H2O 200_70hPa Flux Convergence SW Cloud Forced Adjustment to Precip H2O 70hPa_TOA Flux Convergence SW Cloud Forced Upper Trop RelHum % Atm. Flux Convergence SW+LW Clear Sky Adjustment to Upper Trop RelHum % Atm. Flux Convergence SW+LW Full Sky UNtuned SW SFC DOWN Total Sky Atm. Flux Convergence SW+LW Cloud Forced UNtuned SW SFC UP Total Sky Total Sky Surface Albedo Tuned SW SFC DOWN Total Sky Clear Sky Surface Albedo Tuned SW SFC UP Total Sky TUNED WN Forcing SFC NET (TOT-CLDNOAER) Tuned SW SFC Down CLEAR SKY Tuned SW SFC UP Clear Sky Term Definitions CERES Angles -> Defined w.r.t. to the centroid of the CERES footprint. IMAGER Angles -> Defined w.r.t. to the centroid of the Imager pixel. REGION # -> CERES 1 Degree Region number 1-64800 Hour # -> Hour box number running from 1-744 VZEN -> Viewing Zenith Angle RZA -> Relative azimuth (w.r.t. the sun) SW -> Short Wave (CERES ~0.3-5 microns) LW -> Long Wave (CERES ~5.0-oo microns) WN -> Window (CERES ~8-12 microns) TOA -> Top Of Atmosphere (CERES definition 30km) OBS -> Observation, either CERES or Imager Clear -> Imagper pixels collocated within CERES footprint are all cloud free. Cloud % -> Percentage of imager pixels identified as cloudy withing a CERES footprint. Full Sky -> Integrated clear and cloudy runs of model weighted by cloud area. SFC -> Surface of the Earth Untuned(UT) -> Radiation transfer model result Tuned(TU) -> Model result after 2nd run of model after inputs are changed by constraining TOA SW & LW model results to SW & LW CERES observations. Initial -> Initial condition input model run. Adjustment -> Amount by which a model input is changed after constraintment of model output to CERES observation (Tuned). UT-OBS -> Bias between untuned model result and CERES observation. TU-OBS -> Bias between tuned model result and CERES observation. TOT -> Integrated clear and cloudy runs of model weighted by cloud area including aerosols. CLDNOAER -> Integrated clear and cloudy runs of model weighted by cloud area with aerosol optical depths set to 0.0.