Detection of high clouds in polar regions during the daytime using the MODIS 1.375-μm channel

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 474-481

  Gao, Bo Cai ^a   Yang, Ping ^b   Li, Rong Rong ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cirrus cloud; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; VAPORS; WATER ABSORPTION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETERS (MODIS);

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0037936846     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808290     Document Type: Article

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