Publications

Ou, SC, Takano, Y, Liou, KN, Higgins, GJ, George, A, Slonaker, R (2003). Remote sensing of cirrus cloud optical thickness and effective particle size for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite: sensitivity to instrument noise and uncertainties in environmental parameters. APPLIED OPTICS, 42(36), 7202-7214.

Abstract
We describe sensitivity studies on the remote sensing of cirrus cloud optical thickness and effective particle size using the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Visible/ Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite 0.67-, 1.24-, 1.61-, and 2.25-mum reflectances and thermal IR 3.70- and 10.76-mum radiances. To investigate the accuracy and precision of the solar and IR retrieval methods subject to instrument noise and uncertainties in environmental parameters, we carried out signal-to-noise ratio tests as well as the error budget study, where we used the University of California at Los Angeles line-by-line equivalent radiative transfer model to generate radiance tables for synthetic retrievals. The methodology and results of these error analyses are discussed. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

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