Articles | Volume 13, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5491-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5491-2020
Research article
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14 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 14 Oct 2020

A kernel-driven BRDF model to inform satellite-derived visible anvil cloud detection

Benjamin R. Scarino, Kristopher Bedka, Rajendra Bhatt, Konstantin Khlopenkov, David R. Doelling, and William L. Smith Jr.

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This paper highlights a technique for facilitating anvil cloud detection based on visible observations that relies on comparative analysis with expected cloud reflectance for a given set of angles. A 1-year database of anvil-identified pixels, as determined from IR observations, from several geostationary satellites was used to construct a bidirectional reflectance distribution function model to quantify typical anvil reflectance across almost all expected viewing, solar, and azimuth angles.
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