Title :
The POLDER instrument : mission and scientific results
Author :
Leroy, M. ; Lifermann, A.
Author_Institution :
CNRS, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
This paper summarizes the scientific expectations and the first results obtained by the POLDER instrument in the fields of clouds, radiative budget, water vapor, ocean color, aerosols over land and over the ocean, ocean color, and land surfaces
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; clouds; geophysical techniques; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; terrain mapping; ADEOS; POLDER; aerosol; atmosphere; clouds; geophysical measurement technique; humidity; infrared imaging; land surface; meteorology; ocean; ocean color; optical imaging; radiative budget; satellite remote sensing; sea surface; terrain mapping; visible; water vapor; water vapour; Clouds; Earth; Geophysical measurements; Instruments; Land surface; Oceans; Optical surface waves; Polarization; Sea measurements; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860422
