Quantitative studies of wildfire smoke injection heights with the Terra Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7089, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Diner, David J ^a   Nelson, David L ^a   Chen, Yang ^a   Kahn, Ralph A ^b   Logan, Jennifer ^c   Leung, Fok Yan ^d   Val Martin, Maria ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MISR; Plumes; Smoke; Stereo imaging; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PLUMES; ANALYSIS TOOLS; ANGLE IMAGING; BUOYANT PLUMES; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; FIRE LOCATIONS; FIRE PLUMES; FREE TROPOSPHERES; MISR; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRO RADIOMETERS; NORTH AMERICA; PLUMES; QUANTITATIVE STUDIES; SMOKE INJECTIONS; SMOKE PLUMES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; STABLE LAYERS; STEREO IMAGING; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES; TERRA SATELLITES; VERTICAL PROFILES; VERTICAL SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; VIEW ANGLES; WILDFIRE SMOKES; WILDFIRES;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE MATCHING; NASA; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SMOKE; SPACE OPTICS; THERMAL PLUMES;

FIRES;

EID: 55549111863     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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