Application of 1·38 μm imagery for thin cirrus detection in daytime imagery collected over land surfaces

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 3325-3342

  Hutchison, K D ^a   Choe, N J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; INFRARED IMAGING; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS;

LAND SURFACES; THIN CIRRUS;

REMOTE SENSING;

1.38 ΜM IMAGERY; AVHRR; AVIRIS; CIRRUS; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; LAND SURFACE; NOAA;

EID: 0030292276     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949154     Document Type: Article

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