• DocumentCode
    2109613
  • Title

    Remote sensing of global cloud properties using MODIS data

  • Author

    Baum, Bryan A. ; Frey, R.A. ; Ackerman, S. ; Menzel, W.P.

  • Author_Institution
    NASA/CIMSS, Madison, WI, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    24-28 June 2002
  • Firstpage
    1183
  • Abstract
    The algorithms currently employed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) atmospheres team to retrieve cloud height and cloud thermodynamic phase depend solely on infrared (IR) bands and operate independently of each other. Cloud heights are derived using bands located in the 15-μm CO2 band, i.e. the CO2 slicing method. Cloud thermodynamic phase is inferred using an IR bispectral technique using bands located at 8.5 and 11 μm.
  • Keywords
    clouds; infrared spectrometers; radiometers; remote sensing; 11 micron; 15 micron; 8.5 micron; CO2; CO2 slicing method; IR bands; IR bispectral technique; MODIS data; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; algorithms; cloud height; cloud thermodynamic phase; global cloud properties; remote sensing; Clouds; Ice; Instruments; MODIS; Optical noise; Remote sensing; Satellites; Temperature; Thermodynamics; Water;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7536-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025874
  • Filename
    1025874
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2109613