Improved cloud top height retrieval under arbitrary viewing and illumination conditions using AVHRR data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-110

  Simpson, James J ^a   McIntire, Timothy ^a   Jin, Zhonghai ^a   Stitt, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADIOMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR);

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; CLOUD; HEIGHT DETERMINATION;

EID: 0034108344     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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