Search Results - "Berendes, Todd A."

Convective cloud identification and classification in daytime satellite imagery using standard deviation limited adaptive clustering by Berendes, Todd A., Mecikalski, John R., MacKenzie Jr, Wayne M., Bedka, Kristopher M., Nair, U. S.

“…This paper describes a statistical clustering approach toward the classification of cloud types within meteorological satellite imagery, specifically, visible…”
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The GPM Validation Network and Evaluation of Satellite-Based Retrievals of the Rain Drop Size Distribution by Gatlin, Patrick N., Petersen, Walter A., Pippitt, Jason L., Berendes, Todd A., Wolff, David B., Tokay, Ali

“…A unique capability of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is its ability to better estimate the raindrop size distribution (DSD) on a global…”
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Aviation Applications for Satellite-Based Observations of Cloud Properties, Convection Initiation, In-Flight Icing, Turbulence, and Volcanic Ash by Mecikalski, John R., Feltz, Wayne F., Murray, John J., Johnson, David B., Bedka, Kristopher M., Bedka, Sarah T., Wimmers, Anthony J., Pavolonis, Michael, Berendes, Todd A., Haggerty, Julie, Minnis, Pat, Bernstein, Ben, Williams, Earle

“…Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products (ASAP) was jointly initiated by the NASA Applied Sciences Program and the NASA Aviation Safety and Security…”
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Shortwave direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols estimated using VIRS and CERES data by Christopher, Sundar A., Chou, Joyce, Zhang, Jianglong, Li, Xiang, Berendes, Todd. A., Welch, Ronald M.

“…Using collocated data from the Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy Budget Scanner (CERES) from the Tropical Rainfall…”
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Cloud cover comparisons of the MODIS daytime cloud mask with surface instruments at the north slope of Alaska ARM site by Berendes, T.A., Berendes, D.A., Welch, R.M., Dutton, E.G., Uttal, T., Clothiaux, E.E.

“…This paper compares daytime cloud fraction derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS), an imager on the National Aeronautics and Space…”
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The ASTER polar cloud mask by Logar, A.M., Lloyd, D.E., Corwin, E.M., Penaloza, M.L., Feind, R.E., Berendes, T.A., Kwo-Sen Kuo, Welch, R.M.

“…This research is concerned with the problem of producing polar cloud masks for satellite imagery. The results presented are for Thematic Mapper (TM) data from…”
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The 1985 Biomass Burning Season in South America: Satellite Remote Sensing of Fires, Smoke, and Regional Radiative Energy Budgets by Christopher, Sundar A., Wang, Min, Berendes, Todd A., Welch, Ronald M., Yang, Shi-Keng

“…Using satellite imagery, more than five million square kilometers of the forest and cerrado regions over South America are extensively studied to monitor fires…”
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