Derivation of column atmospheric water vapor amount from MODIS near-IR channels

Author

Gao, Bo-Cai ; Kaufman, Yoram J.

Author_Institution

Remote Sensing Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

7

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

3018

Abstract

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), a major facility instrument on board the Terra Spacecraft, was successfully launched into space in December of 1999. MODIS has several near-IR channels within and around the 0.94-μm water vapor bands for remote sensing of integrated atmospheric water vapor over land. The authors describe the physical principles of water vapor retrievals from MODIS near-IR channels. They also present a sample water vapor image derived from MODIS data

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; humidity measurement; remote sensing; 0.9 to 2 mum; 0.94 mum; MODIS; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; atmosphere; column atmospheric water vapor amount; humidity; measurement technique; meteorology; near-IR; retrieval; satellite remote sensing; water vapor; water vapour; Absorption; Aerosols; Land surface temperature; MODIS; Ocean temperature; Remote sensing; Sea surface; Telephony; Temperature sensors; Vegetation mapping;

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.2000.860321

Filename

860321