A cloud-patch technique for identification and removal of no-rain clouds from satellite infrared imagery

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1170-1181

  Xu, Liming ^a   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^a   Gao, Xiaogang ^a   Gupta, Hoshin V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033395118     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1170:ACPTFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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