Efficient Methods to Account for Cloud-Top Inclination and Cloud Overlap in Synthetic Visible Satellite Images
Author(s) -
Leonhard Scheck,
Martin Weißmann,
Bernhard Mayer
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of atmospheric and oceanic technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.774
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1520-0426
pISSN - 0739-0572
DOI - 10.1175/jtech-d-17-0057.1
Subject(s) - cloud computing , numerical weather prediction , computer science , zenith , data assimilation , satellite , radiative transfer , meteorology , cloud top , algorithm , remote sensing , geology , physics , astronomy , operating system , quantum mechanics
Visible satellite images contain high-resolution information about clouds that would be well suited for convective-scale data assimilation. This application requires a forward operator to g...
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