EVALUATING THE CLAVR (CLOUDS FROM AVHRR) PHASE-I CLOUD COVER EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT

被引:11
作者
STOWE, LL
DAVIS, P
MCCLAIN, EP
机构
[1] NOAA, NESDIS, Washington
[2] Private Contractor, Spotsylvania
来源
SATELLITE MONITORING OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERE | 1995年 / 16卷 / 10期
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10.1016/0273-1177(95)00374-N
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
NOAA/NESDIS has experimentally implemented a multi spectral algorithm for obtaining global cloud cover using radiance measurements from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on-board NOAA polar orbiting satellites. The current CLAVR (Phase I) classifies 2x2 pixel arrays of GAC (4 km) observations into CLEAR, MIXED, and CLOUDY categories. A description of the experimental products is presented, including some cloud test and product evaluations.
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