Assessing the quality of active–passive satellite retrievals using broad‐band radiances

Included in the Earth, Clouds, Aerosols, and Radiation Explorer ( EarthCARE ) satellite's array of instruments is a multi‐view broad‐band radiometer (BBR). BBR data will facilitate a radiative closure assessment of cloud and aerosol properties inferred from data gathered by EarthCARE 's other passive and active sensors. The closure assessment will consist, in part, of comparisons between BBR radiances and radiances computed by three‐dimensional …