Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
An hourly, digital data base from the Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (VISSR) instrument on the GOES-1 and SMS-2 geostationary satellites is described. Several examples of developmental applications of these quantitative digital data are presented. These include a review of recent attempts to develop products that are of use to meteorologists who provide services to aviation, agriculture, forestry, hydrology, oceanography, and climatology. The sample products include high resolution thermal gradients of land and ocean surfaces, thermal change analyses, fruit frost/freeze application, cloud-top altitude analysis, analysis of hurricane characteristics, and analyses of solar insolation.
Keywords:
EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
Type:
ERIM Proc. of the 11th Intern. Symp. on Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 2; p 849-858
Format:
application/pdf
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