The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples from Terra and Aqua

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 502-525

  Platnick, Steven ^a   Meyer, Kerry G ^b   King, Michael D ^c,d   Wind, Galina ^e   Amarasinghe, Nandana ^e   Marchant, Benjamin ^b   Arnold, G Thomas ^e   Zhang, Zhibo ^f   Hubanks, Paul A ^g   Holz, Robert E ^h   Yang, Ping ⁱ   Ridgway, William L ^e   Riedi, Jerome ^j  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Texas AandM University Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g ADNET SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

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Author keywords

Aqua; cloud remote sensing; clouds; MOD06; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS); MYD06; satellite applications; Terra; terrestrial atmosphere

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PIXELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TABLE LOOKUP;

CLOUD EFFECTIVE RADIUS; CLOUD OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MICROPHYSICAL ALGORITHMS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; RETRIEVAL UNCERTAINTY; SPECTRAL COMBINATION; THERMODYNAMIC PHASIS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PIXEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; TERRA (SATELLITE);

EID: 84994242567     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2610522     Document Type: Article

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