CLIM: A cloud imager to provide sounders with agile sighting

Thierry L. Trémas; Sarah Guibert; Bruno Lafrance

doi:10.1117/12.830093

29 September 2009 CLIM: A cloud imager to provide sounders with agile sighting

Thierry L. Trémas, Sarah Guibert, Bruno Lafrance

Proceedings Volume 7475, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIV; 747503 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830093
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2009, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

The CLIM (Cloud Imager) infrared camera, currently being defined, has same channels as AVHRR and has been designed to assist sounders by spotting areas of clear sky from a satellite. The article outlines a simulation of CLIM, based on real data, and presents its estimated performances for different spectral band configurations associated with a cloud detection algorithm. The study shows that up to 40% more cloud-free zones can be explored by a sounder supported by such an imager, compared with the same sounder pointing fixedly at the nadir.

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Thierry L. Trémas, Sarah Guibert, and Bruno Lafrance "CLIM: A cloud imager to provide sounders with agile sighting", Proc. SPIE 7475, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIV, 747503 (29 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830093

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