Comparison of MODTRAN and FASCODE for Selection of a Cirrus Cloud Detection Band Near the 1.38-micrometers Water Absorption Window

Abstract

We compared the results of the MODTRAN and FASCODE models over the 1.375-urn cirrus detection channel from MODIS. The comparison of the band average transmission yields values that are significantly different between the two models. We find that MODTRAN' 5 spectral resolution is not high enough to completely model the spectral structure in this band; therefore, FASCODE should be used wherever possible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA395238

Entities

People

  • D. K. Lynch
  • S. Mazuk

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Atmosphere Models
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Cirrus Clouds
  • Clouds
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hyperspectral Imagery
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Materials
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Sea Level
  • Space Sciences

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Statistical inference.