Data retrieval considerations for a spaceborne cloud radar

Byron E. Richards; Ivan Astin

doi:10.1117/12.332707

14 December 1998 Data retrieval considerations for a spaceborne cloud radar

Byron E. Richards, Ivan Astin

Proceedings Volume 3495, Satellite Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere III; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332707
Event: Remote Sensing, 1998, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

A cloud radar detection algorithm has been developed to assess the optimum methodology for determining cloud coverage. The radar model was used with cloud data obtained from satellites and within cloud measurements. Form this it was found that the value of returned cloud cover for example is critically dependent on the detection threshold and radar pixel size used. Detection thresholds that minimize the difference between this returned cloud cover and true cloud cover were then found. These were discovered to be strongly dependent on the pixel size but not greatly dependent on the true cloud cover.

Citation Download Citation

Byron E. Richards and Ivan Astin "Data retrieval considerations for a spaceborne cloud radar", Proc. SPIE 3495, Satellite Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere III, (14 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332707

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available