The Role of Emissivity in the Detection of Arctic Night Clouds

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Filomena Romano, Domenico Cimini, Saverio Nilo, Francesco Di Paola, Elisabetta Ricciardelli, Ermann Ripepi, Mariassunta Viggiano
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• Subjects: cloud detection; arctic night; surface emissivity; Arctic; Kuipers; albedo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9050406

Detection of clouds over polar areas from satellite radiometric measurements in the visible and IR atmospheric window region is rather difficult because of the high albedo of snow, possible ice covered surfaces, very low humidity, and the usual presence of atmospheric temperature inversion. Cold and...