Comparison of the UCLA-LBLE radiative transfer model and MODTRAN for accuracy assessment of the NPOESS-VIIRS cloud optical property algorithms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5549, Issue , 2004, Pages 80-89

  Ou, S C ^a   Liou, K N ^a   Takano, Y ^a   Wong, E ^b   Hutchison, K ^b   Samec, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESMENT; DISCRETE ORDINATE RADIATIVE TRANSFER (DISORT) MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA RECORDS (EDR); MODERATE-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION MODELS (MODTRAN);

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUDS;

EID: 14944380589     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.565280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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