Semianalytical cloud retrieval algorithm as applied to the cloud top altitude and the cloud geometrical thickness determination from top-of-atmospehere reflectance measurements in the oxygen A band

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Rozanov, Vladimir V ^a   Kokhanovsky, Alexander A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Clouds; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 2642576690     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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