Retrieving cloud fraction in the field-of-view of a high-spectral resolution infrared radiometer

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-291

  Turner, D D ^a   Holz, R E ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; High spectral resolution; Infrared measurements; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS; CORRELATION THEORY; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIATION EFFECTS; REMOTE SENSING;

FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 27744475299     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2005.850533     Document Type: Article

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