DocumentCode
998679
Title
Cloud bottom altitude determination from a satellite
Author
Kokhanovsky, Alexander A. ; Rozanov, Vladimir V.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Environ. Phys., Bremen Univ., Germany
Volume
2
Issue
3
fYear
2005
fDate
7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
280
Lastpage
283
Abstract
The letter is devoted to the introduction of a new technique to derive the cloud bottom height (CBH) from satellite measurements of the cloud reflectance in the oxygen A-band. The information on the cloud top height needed in the retrieval of the CBH must be obtained from separate measurements to insure small biases in the retrieved CBH. Such measurements can be performed by a space-based lidar.
Keywords
atmospheric composition; clouds; oxygen; radiative transfer; remote sensing; visible spectra; O2; cloud bottom height altitude determination; cloud reflectance; oxygen A-band spectrometry; radiative transfer; satellite measurements; space-based lidar; Absorption; Aircraft; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geophysical measurements; Information retrieval; Laser radar; Reflectivity; Satellites; Spectroscopy; Cloud remote sensing; O; radiative transfer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1545-598X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LGRS.2005.846837
Filename
1468081
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