Stereo cloud-top heights and cloud fraction retrieval from ATSR-2

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1921-1938

  Muller, J P ^a,b   Denis, M A ^a,c   Dundas, R D ^a,d   Mitchell, K L ^a,e   Naud, C ^a,f   Mannstein, H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Division Technologies   (France)

^d OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADIOMETERS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD-TOP HEIGHTS; GRIDDED BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE (GBT);

CLOUDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; DATA PROCESSING; ERS-2;

EID: 34249330641     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601030975     Document Type: Article

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