Comparison between current and future environmental satellite imagers on cloud classification using MODIS

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-326

  Li, Zhenglong ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Menzel, W Paul ^b   Schmit, Timothy J ^b   Ackerman, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABI; Cloud classification; Cloud detection; MODIS; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLOUDS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METEOROLOGY; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD DETECTION; MODIS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SNOW;

EID: 34247571402     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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