A feasibility study of daytime fog and low stratus detection with TERRA/ AQUA-MODIS over land

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-125

  Bendix, Jörg ^a   Thies, Boris ^a   Nauß, Thomas ^a   Cermak, Jan ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fog; Low stratus detection; MODIS; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS;

CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; THRESHOLD FUNCTIONS;

FOG;

AQUA (SATELLITE); CLOUD COVER; DETECTION METHOD; FOG; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRA (SATELLITE);

EID: 33748190427     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482706002180     Document Type: Article

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