Assessment of MISR Cloud Motion Vectors (CMVs) Relative to GOES and MODIS Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)

• Published in: Journal of applied meteorology and climatology Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 555 - 572
• Main Authors: Mueller, Kevin J., Wu, Dong L., Horváth, Ákos, Jovanovic, Veljko M., Muller, Jan-Peter, Di Girolamo, Larry, Garay, Michael J., Diner, David J., Moroney, Catherine M., Wanzong, Steve
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Atmospheric motion; Atmospheric sciences; Atmospherics; Bias; Clouds; Correlation; Councils; Exploitation; GOES satellites; Height; Imagery; Imaging; Imaging techniques; Meteorological satellites; MODIS; Remote sensing; Retrieval; Satellite imagery; Satellites; Spectroradiometers; Standard deviation; Stereoscopy; Studies; Tracking; Tropical environments; University colleges; Vectors; Winds; California; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Arctic region
• ISSN: 1558-8424; 1558-8432
• DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0112.1

Cloud motion vector (CMV) winds retrieved from the Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on the polar-orbiting Terra satellite from 2003 to 2008 are compared with collocated atmospheric motion vectors (AMVs) retrieved from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) ima...