Remote sensing of clouds and surface radiation budget over Polar Regions
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 13 (1) , 13-22
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01431169208904022
Abstract
It is shown here that clouds can be monitored over the Polar Regions with respect to their occurrence and even water phase using the multispectral data of the AVHRR onboard of NOAA satellites. Estimates of their transmittance for the total downward solar radiation appear feasible, while no method has yet been developed to estimate the downward atmospheric radiation.Keywords
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