MISR: a new way to look at clouds

Author

Girolamo, L. Di ; Clothiaux, E.E. ; Davies, R. ; Diner, D.J. ; Moroney, C. ; Mulle, J.P. ; Varnai, T. ; Zhao, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Atmos. Sci., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

947

Abstract

The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) on-board EOS-Terra is the first high-resolution imager to make global, near-simultaneous, multispectral, multi-angle radiometric measurements of the Earth (Diner et al. 1998). Its unique ability to retrieve combined spectral and angular signatures allows the authors to exploit both the spectral and angular information content of the upwelling radiation field in order to remotely sense properties of the Earth-atmosphere system. This paper highlights two of MISR´s unique ways of studying clouds: (1) a stereoscopic capability to derive cloud-top heights and to detect cloud, and (2) the first application of band-differenced angular signatures to detect thin cirrus clouds

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; clouds; remote sensing; EOS; IR; MISR; Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer; Terra; angular signature; atmosphere; band-differenced angular signature; cirrus; cloud; cloud-top height; high-resolution imager; infrared; meteorology; multispectral remote sensing; satellite remote sensing; stereo method; stereoscopic capability; thin cirrus; visible; Aerospace engineering; Cameras; Clouds; Laboratories; Layout; Meteorology; Physics; Propulsion; Reflectivity; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.857985

Filename

857985