Effects and Applications of Satellite Radiometer 2.25- $\mu$ m Channel on Cloud Property Retrievals

Near-infrared (NIR) channels, such as the 1.6- and 2.13-μm channels of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), play an important role in inferring cloud properties because of their sensitivity to cloud amount and particle size. Instead of the 2.13-μm channel, which has shown great success on MODIS, the central wavelength of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is sh...