Analysis of the potential for retrieving cloud optical depth and particle size of thin ice clouds using infrared thermal radiometry in an arctic environment

• Main Author: Blanchard, Yann
• Other Authors: space, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS)-Département de Géomatique appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Université of Sherbrooke, Alain Royer et M. Norm O'Neill
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: Remote sensing; Ice clouds; Thermal infrared multi-band radiometry; Arctic; Télédétection; Nuages de glace; Radiométrie infrarouge thermique; Arctique; geo; info; Canada; Eureka; Nunavut; Arctique*; Climate change
• Online Access: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00753586/file/Manuscrit_These_YannBlanchard.pdf; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00753586

An important goal, within the context of improving climate change modelling, is to enhance our understanding of aerosols and their radiative effects (notably their indirect impact as cloud condensation nuclei). The cloud optical depth (COD) and average ice particle size of thin ice clouds (TICs) are...