Remote sensing of multilayer cloud-top pressure using combined measurements of MERIS and AATSR on board Envisat

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1191-1204

  Lindstrot, Rasmus ^a   Preusker, Rene ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud radiative effects; Infrared radiation; Pressure; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; MULTILAYERS; PRESSURE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADVANCED-ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; GLOBAL MONITORING FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; OPTIMAL ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ENVISAT-1; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFRARED RADIATION; MERIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955546226     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2331.1     Document Type: Article

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