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RISApplication of AVHRR/3 Imagery for the Improved Detection of Thin Cirrus Clouds and Specification of Cloud-Top Phase
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A multisensor, data fusion technique has been developed that merges the spectral signatures of ice and water clouds in Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery with cloud-top pressure analyses derived from ...
Improved Detection of Optically Thin Cirrus Clouds in Nighttime Multispectral Meteorological Satellite Imagery Using Total Integrated Water Vapor Information
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The accurate identification of optically thin cirrus clouds in global meteorological satellite imagery by automated cloud analysis algorithms is critical to environmental remote sensing studies, such as those related to ...
Distinguishing Aerosols from Clouds in Global, Multispectral Satellite Data with Automated Cloud Classification Algorithms
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A new approach is presented to distinguish between clouds and heavy aerosols with automated cloud classification algorithms developed for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) ...
Differentiating between Clouds and Heavy Aerosols in Sun-Glint Regions
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An approach is presented to distinguish between clouds and heavy aerosols in sun-glint regions with automated cloud classification algorithms developed for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite ...
A Geometry-Based Approach to Identifying Cloud Shadows in the VIIRS Cloud Mask Algorithm for NPOESS
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A geometry-based approach is presented to identify cloud shadows using an automated cloud classification algorithm developed for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program. These ...
System Design Considerations for the Retrieval of Sea Surface Temperatures in the NPOESS Era
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) requires improved accuracy in the retrieval of sea surface skin temperature (SSTS) from its Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) ...