Picón-Feliciano, Ana J.

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Integrating instrumentation validation methodologies for the retrieval of cloud top parameters from eos terra sensors
(2006) Picón-Feliciano, Ana J.; Vásquez-Espinosa, Ramón; College of Engineering; Rodríguez, Domingo; González, Jorge E.; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Pandya, Vikram
Geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites data can be used to retrieve cloud top properties such as optical thickness, temperature, pressure and height. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) are two of the instruments onboard the Terra Earth Observing System (EOS). Algorithms for the retrieval of cloud-top heights have been implemented in order to get a product that can be applied in climate change studies, climate modeling and atmospheric research. The algorithms to retrieve this kind of information are based on CO2 slicing and stereo matching methods. The objective of this research is to compare MODIS cloud top pressures and MISR cloud top heights over the Caribbean region to evaluate the retrieval performance of both instruments. This research work describes methodologies related with this validation process.