Use of the MODIS imager to help deal with AIRS cloudy radiances

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 610 B, 2005, Pages 2559-2579

  Dahoui, Mohamed ^a   Lavanant, Lydie ^b   Rabier, Florence ^c   Auligne, Thomas ^c  

^a Direction de la Météorologie Nationale ^*  (Morocco)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Cloud detection; Diagnostic cloud scheme; MODIS cloud mask; Observation operator

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; INFRARED IMAGING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC CLOUD SCHEME; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS) CLOUD MASK; OBSERVATION OPERATOR;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLOUD COVER; DATA ASSIMILATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; PIXEL;

EID: 27144448748     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.90     Document Type: Article

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