Naud et al. 2007
Naud, C., K.L. Mitchell, J.-P. Muller, E.E. Clothiaux, P. Albert, R. Preusker, J. Fischer, and R.J. Hogan, 2007: Comparison between ATSR-2 stereo, MOS O2-A band and ground-based cloud top heights. Int. J. Remote Sens., 28, 1969-1987, doi:10.1080/01431160600641806.
A new method to retrieve cloud top heights stereoscopically using the dual-view facility of the Along Track Scanning Radiometer 2 (ATSR-2) instrument is assessed. This assessment is performed through a comparison of the cloud top heights obtained from ATSR-2 stereo and those derived from a 94-GHz radar, radiosonde profiles and independently from the Modular Optoelectronic Scanner (MOS) using the O2-A band. The data for this study were collected over the United Kingdom from September 1998-March 1999. The results show that the accuracy of the ATSR-2 stereo heights is generally as predicted on theoretical grounds, with the errors in the 1.6 μm and 0.65 μm stereo heights rarely exceeding 2 km. Case study periods with disagreements between the ATSR-2 heights and the ground-based retrievals are often due to the lack of precise match-ups between the ground-based and satellite scenes, while the MOS O2-A band is shown sometimes to miss the tops of high clouds. Evidence that the 11 $,u$m channel is more sensitive to high clouds than originally thought is given and a future application of multi-spectral stereo cloud top heights is proposed.
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Naud, C., Mitchell, K.L., Muller, J.-P., Clothiaux, E.E., Albert, P., Preusker, R., Fischer, J., and Hogan, R.J.: Comparison between ATSR-2 stereo, MOS O2-A band and ground-based cloud top heights, Int. J. Remote Sens., 28, 1969-1987, doi:10.1080/01431160600641806, 2007.
Naud, C., K.L. Mitchell, J.-P. Muller, E.E. Clothiaux, P. Albert, R. Preusker, J. Fischer, and R.J. Hogan (2007), Comparison between ATSR-2 stereo, MOS O2-A band and ground-based cloud top heights, Int. J. Remote Sens., 28, 1969-1987, doi:10.1080/01431160600641806.
Naud, C., K.L. Mitchell, J.-P. Muller, E.E. Clothiaux, P. Albert, R. Preusker, J. Fischer, and R.J. Hogan, 2007: Comparison between ATSR-2 stereo, MOS O2-A band and ground-based cloud top heights. Int. J. Remote Sens., 28, 1969-1987, doi:10.1080/01431160600641806.
Naud, C., Mitchell, K.L., Muller, J.-P., Clothiaux, E.E., Albert, P., Preusker, R., Fischer, J., & Hogan, R.J. 2007, Int. J. Remote Sens., 28, 1969, doi:10.1080/01431160600641806.
Naud C, Mitchell KL, Muller J-P, Clothiaux EE, Albert P, Preusker R, Fischer J, Hogan RJ. Comparison between ATSR-2 stereo, MOS O2-A band and ground-based cloud top heights, Int J Remote Sens 2007;28:1969-1987. doi:10.1080/01431160600641806.
C. Naud, K.L. Mitchell, J.-P. Muller, E.E. Clothiaux, P. Albert, R. Preusker, J. Fischer, R.J. Hogan, Int. J. Remote Sens. 28, 1969-1987, doi:10.1080/01431160600641806 (2007).
