Browsing by Subject "MODIS"
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(2013-07-22)Midlevel clouds are observed globally and impact the general circulation through their influence on the radiation budget and their precipitation production. However, because midlevel clouds occur less frequently than high ...
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(2017-08-16)The VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on board the Suomi-NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite aims to provide long-term continuity of several environmental data series including snow cover ...
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(2010-07-14)Accurate areal measurements of snow-cover extent are important for hydrological and climate modeling. The traditional method of mapping snow cover is binary where a pixel is approximated to either snow-covered or snow-free. ...
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(2012-10-19)Extensive research on soot in snow and snow grain size has been carried out in the Polar Regions. However, North American prairie snowpacks lack observations of soot in snow on snow albedo which adds uncertainty to the ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)In this study, we use thermal infrared channels to retrieve the optical thickness and effective particle radius of ice clouds. A physical model is used in conjunction with Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) temperature ...
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(2009-05-15)The use of airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) as a direct method to evaluate forest canopy parameters is vital in addressing both forest management and ecological concerns. The overall goal of this study was to ...
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(2012-07-16)Snow albedo is one of the most important factors for atmosphere-surface energy exchange in high latitude areas. Remote sensing provides continual observations of snow albedo. However, the reliability of snow albedos obtained ...
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(2015-02-09)Clouds continue to be a large source of uncertainty within global climate models. While satellites provide the only global datasets for comparison with these models, satellite retrievals provide inferences of cloud properties, ...