Geometric cloud height estimation provides an alternative to cloud top temperature methods if two satellites view the same cloud. First we demonstrate the stereo cloud height derivation with a combination of Meteosat 7 and Meteosat 5 5 km resolution Infrared data. Comparison with the temperature technique shows consistency in the majority of the clouds, but some differences. This demonstrates t...

In this study a number of linear semiempirical kernelrado. Subsets of these data have been used in other studies as a means of investigating variations in the bidirectional driven (LiSK) bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) models are adjusted against an extensive Adreflectance distribution function (BRDF) and albedo at the grassland and grassland-mesquite transition sites wit...

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) has. been an important data product of the AVHRR series of instruments that have flown on the NOAA polar orbiting satellites. This index has been extensively used to monitor global vegetation and to study deforestation. As planning begins for follow-on versions, a proposal has been made to improve the robustness of the index by narrowing the spe...

Three satellite fire detection models (threshold, contexburned over 2.7 million ha within Alaska (Table 1). Most of the area burned in Alaska is from wildfires caused by tual, and fuel mask) were compared and evaluated using lightning in remote regions. Because of the remoteness National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administraand large area of Alaska, a timely and cost-effective tion (NOAA)-11...

We tested the effectiveness of the Purposive Selection selected using the AVHRR tiles. A random sample was also selected for comparison. The domain AVHRR cover Algorithm (PSA, described in the companion first article) to accurately estimate land cover composition over a type fractions were then corrected using TM maps for the selected tiles, following the method of Walsh and Burk large area. Th...