VERTICAL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE STRUCTURE IN LOWER ATMOSPHERE RETRIVED FROM TERRA/MODIS

Two MODIS instruments on board the Terra and Aqua Satellites are operational for global remote sensing of the land, ocean and atmosphere. Atmospheric sounding data with a high spatial resolution from MODIS will provide a wealth of useful information. The vertical air temperature and moisture data we...

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Authors: Kim,Y. S; Kwon,B. H; Hong,K. M
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2004
Country:Chile
Institution:Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
Repository:SciELO Chile
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:scielo:S0717-65382004000200058
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382004000200058
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:MODIS
radiosonde
vertical profile
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Summary:Two MODIS instruments on board the Terra and Aqua Satellites are operational for global remote sensing of the land, ocean and atmosphere. Atmospheric sounding data with a high spatial resolution from MODIS will provide a wealth of useful information. The vertical air temperature and moisture data were retrieved using the MODIS data, and compared with the radiosonde data obtained in the Korean Peninsula. The correlation coefficients are 0.99 and 0.89 for air temperature and moisture cases, respectively. Air temperature data were relatively good agreement, but the moisture data from MODIS were underestimated