Dynamical nighttime fog/low stratus detection based on Meteosat SEVIRI data: A feasibility study

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 1179-1192

  Cermak, Jan ^a   Bendix, Jörg ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO2 absorption; Fog; Limb effect; Low stratus; Meteosat SEVIRI; Satellite retrieval

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; FOG; METEOSAT; SATELLITE DATA; STRATUS;

EID: 34547635792     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0213-8     Document Type: Article

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