Nighttime multilayered cloud detection using MODIS and ARM data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 905-919

  Baum, Bryan A ^a   Frey, Richard A ^b   Mace, Gerald G ^c   Harkey, Monica K ^d   Yang, Ping ^e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CLOUD DETECTION;

METEOROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODIS; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0043095492     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0905:NMCDUM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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