A self-sufficient approach for GERB cloudy radiance detection

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 39-56

  Cuomo, V ^a   Filizzola, C ^b   Pergola, N ^a   Pietrapertosa, C ^a   Tramutoli, V ^b  

^a Inst Methodol for Environ Anal   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloudy radiance mask; Dynamic thresholds; GERB; SEVIRI

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DETECTORS; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS;

EARTH RADIATION BUDGET (ERB); GEOSTATIONARY EARTH RADIATION BUDGET (GERB); METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG); SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER (SEVIRI);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; DETECTION METHOD; METEOSAT; RADIATION BUDGET; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 8644287413     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.03.030     Document Type: Article

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