Title :
Cloud bottom altitude determination from a satellite
Author :
Kokhanovsky, Alexander A. ; Rozanov, Vladimir V.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Environ. Phys., Bremen Univ., Germany
fDate :
7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LGRS.2005.846837
