Using MODIS with AIRS to develop an operational cloud-cleared radiance product

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5655, Issue , 2005, Pages 128-133

  Goldberg, Mitch ^a   King, Tom ^b   Wolf, Walter ^b   Barnet, Chris ^a   Gu, Heng ^c   Zhou, Lihang ^b  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^c Systems Engineering and Security Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS (AIRS); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETERS (MODIS); NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION (NWP); RADIANCE PRODUCTS;

CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIATION EFFECTS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 20344377427     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.578824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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