Cloud remote sensing from surface using spectral zenith radiances: Method and satellite product validation
Pradeep Khatri1, Tadahiro Hayasaka2, Hironobu Iwabuchi3, Hitoshi Irie4, Hiroshi Ishimoto5, Letu Husi6, Takashi Y. Nakajima7, Akihiro Yamazaki5, Tamio Takamura4, Alessandro Damiani4 and Kai Qin8, (1)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (2)Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (3)Tohoku University, Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan, (4)Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, (5)Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan, (6)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Beijing, China, (7)Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan, (8)China University of Mining and Technology, School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, Xuzhou, China
