Title :
Characterization of cirrus clouds from multi-pass AVIRIS data
Author :
Goetz, Alexander F.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Geol. Sci., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
The optical depth and reflectance from thin cirrus clouds are calculated from two passes of AVIRIS over a scene in Florida. One of the passes contained partial cirrus cover, the other did not. Optical depths of 0.2 were calculated and the reflectance of the cloud at 1.38 μm was 0.026. The detection limit for cirrus is approximately an order of magnitude less in reflectance
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; clouds; infrared imaging; meteorology; remote sensing; 1.38 mum; 350 to 4000 nm; AD 1982 07 08; AVIRIS; Florida; USA United States; atmosphere; cirrus cloud; detection limit; measurement technique; optical depth; optical imaging method; reflectance; remote sensing; visible infrared IR imaging; Absorption; Atmosphere; Biomedical optical imaging; Clouds; Earth; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399028
