Cloud optical depth measured with ground-based, uncooled infrared imagers

Joseph A. Shaw; Paul W. Nugent; Nathan J. Pust; Brian J. Redman; Sabino Piazzolla

doi:10.1117/12.981294

27 November 2012 Cloud optical depth measured with ground-based, uncooled infrared imagers

Joseph A. Shaw, Paul W. Nugent, Nathan J. Pust, Brian J. Redman, Sabino Piazzolla

Proceedings Volume 8523, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation IV; 85231D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.981294
Event: SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, 2012, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract

Ground-based, low-cost, uncooled infrared imagers are specially calibrated and deployed for long-term measurements of spatial and temporal cloud statistics. Measurements of cloud optical depth are shown for thin clouds, and validated with a dual-polarization cloud lidar. Good comparisons are achieved for thin clouds having 550-nm optical depth of 3 or less.

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Joseph A. Shaw, Paul W. Nugent, Nathan J. Pust, Brian J. Redman, and Sabino Piazzolla "Cloud optical depth measured with ground-based, uncooled infrared imagers", Proc. SPIE 8523, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation IV, 85231D (27 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.981294

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