WU Xiao-jing~. Utilizing MODIS Data to Retrieve the Visibility and Microphysical Properties of Fog Happens in the Northwest China[J]. Journal of Remote Sensing, 2005, (6): 688-696. DOI: 10.11834/jrs.200506101.
Utilizing MODIS Data to Retrieve the Visibility and Microphysical Properties of Fog Happens in the Northwest China
effective radii and liquid water path(LWP) of fog are the fundamental parameters for fog monitoring.This paper uses the data from MODIS and digital elevation model(DEM) of geographic information system(GIS) to obtain the fog geometrical thickness.Meanwhile
proper algorithms are used to calculate the horizontal visibility
through testing the example of the fog in Northwest of China.There are a validated result through comparing the visibility of conventional observation
and the encouraging accuracy have been proved.The other parameters
such as effective radii and liquid water path(LWP)
have been obtained.The former sounding and remote sensing result have shown that it has a true trend.All these show the retrieving method is valid for remote sensing fog in Northwest of China.