Remote sensing of global cloud properties using MODIS data

B.A. Baum1, R.A. Frey2, S. Ackerman2, W.P. Menzel3
1CIMSS, NASA, Madison, WI, USA
2Cooperative Institute of Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, USA
3CIMSS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Madison, WI, USA

Tóm tắt

The algorithms currently employed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) atmospheres team to retrieve cloud height and cloud thermodynamic phase depend solely on infrared (IR) bands and operate independently of each other. Cloud heights are derived using bands located in the 15-/spl mu/m CO/sub 2/ band, i.e. the CO/sub 2/ slicing method. Cloud thermodynamic phase is inferred using an IR bispectral technique using bands located at 8.5 and 11 /spl mu/m.

Từ khóa

#Remote sensing #Clouds #MODIS #Thermodynamics #Temperature #Ice #Water #Optical noise #Satellites #Instruments

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