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Comparison of stratus cloud properties derived from coincident airborne visible and ground‐based infrared spectrometer measurements
Author(s) -
Rathke Carsten,
Armbruster Wolfgang,
Fischer Jürgen,
Becker Edo,
Notholt Justus
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl010942
Subject(s) - spectrometer , radiative transfer , remote sensing , infrared , environmental science , imaging spectrometer , radiation , cloud computing , thermal , optics , physics , meteorology , geology , computer science , operating system
Results of a remote sensing validation experiment are reported. Above cloud measurements of reflected solar radiation were made with a grating spectrometer, coincident below cloud measurements of emitted thermal radiation with a FTIR spectrometer. Two remote sensing algorithms based on radiative transfer simulations were employed to retrieve visible optical depths and effective droplet radii. The values derived from both measurements are consistent and indicative for the cloud vertical structure.