IEEE GEOSCIENCES AND REMOTE SENSING LETTERS, 1, 175-178, 2004.
Effect of broken clouds on satellite based columnar water vapor retrieval.
P. Chylek, C. Borel, A. B. Davis, J. Augustine, and G. Hodges
Abstract
We investigate the effect of broken clouds on the satellite-based retrieval of columnar water vapor using a near-infrared radiance ratio technique. A typical difference between the retrieval using only pixels directly illuminated by the Sun and pixels with mixed illumination containing direct sunlight as well as cloud shadows is found to be within 3%.
