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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2011.27.2.099

The Parallax Correction to Improve Cloud Location Error of Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Data  

Lee, Won-Seok (Dept. of Geoinformatic Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Young-Seup (Dept. of Geoinformatic Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Do-Hyeong (National Meteorological Satellite Center, Korea Meteorological Administration)
Chung, Chu-Yong (National Meteorological Satellite Center, Korea Meteorological Administration)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.27, no.2, 2011 , pp. 99-105 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research presents the correction method to correct the location error of cloud caused by parallax error, and how the method can reduce the position error. The procedure has two steps: first step is to retrieve the corrected satellite zenith angle from the original satellite zenith angle. Second step is to adjust the location of the cloud with azimuth angle and the corrected satellite zenith angle retrieved from the first step. The position error due to parallax error can be as large as 60km in case of 70 degree of satellite zenith angle and 15 km of cloud height. The validation results by MODIS(Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) show that the correction method in this study properly adjusts the original cloud position error and can increase the utilization of geostationary satellite data.
Keywords
Parallax correction; cloud location error; levellb correction;
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