Abstract: The use of the mesoscale model described and qualified in Part I is arranged with radiative transfer codes for the simulation of the thermal infrared response of Meteosat from a Sahelian target. The sensitivity of the ...

Abstract: The next generation of earth radiation budget satellite instruments will routinely merge estimates of global top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes with cloud properties. This information will offer many new opportunities for ...

Abstract: The usual procedure for retrieving the optical thickness of liquid water clouds from satellite-measured radiances is based on the assumption of plane-parallel layers composed of liquid water droplets. This study investigates ...