Cloud bottom altitude determination from a satellite |
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Authors: | Kokhanovsky AA Rozanov VV |
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Institution: | Inst. of Environ. Phys., Bremen Univ., Germany; |
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Abstract: | The letter is devoted to the introduction of a new technique to derive the cloud bottom height (CBH) from satellite measurements of the cloud reflectance in the oxygen A-band. The information on the cloud top height needed in the retrieval of the CBH must be obtained from separate measurements to insure small biases in the retrieved CBH. Such measurements can be performed by a space-based lidar. |
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