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Thin Cirrus Detection

Thin Cirrus Detection is a remote sensing method that identifies high-altitude, optically thin ice cloud layers in atmospheric imagery by exploiting their distinct spectral, polarimetric, or textural signatures relative to other cloud types and surface features.

72

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4.5K

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267

Authors

102

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2017–2026

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Publications

72

Subvisual-Thin Cirrus Lidar Dataset for Satellite Verification and Climatological Research

Kenneth Sassen, Byung Sung Cho · Journal of Applied Meteorology · 1992 · 379 citations

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Thin and Subvisual Tropopause Tropical Cirrus: Observations and Radiative Impacts

Greg M. McFarquhar, Andrew J. Heymsfield, James D. Spinhirne et al. · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 2000 · 274 citations

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Ground‐based lidar and radar remote sensing of tropical cirrus clouds at Nauru Island: Cloud statistics and radiative impacts

J. M. Comstock, Thomas P. Ackerman, Gerald G. Mace · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2002 · 258 citations · Full text

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Cirrus cloud detection from Airborne Imaging Spectrometer data using the 1.38 µm water vapor band

Bo‐Cai Gao, Alexander Goetz, W. J. Wiscombe · Geophysical Research Letters · 1993 · 206 citations

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Aircraft observations of thin cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause

L. Pfister, Henry B. Selkirk, E. J. Jensen et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2001 · 158 citations · Full text

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Authors

267

  1. BG
    Bo‐Cai Gao

    United States Naval Research Laboratory, United States

    6 publications · 543 citations

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  2. JD
    James D. Spinhirne

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    4 publications · 458 citations

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  3. PY
    Ping Yang

    Texas A&M University, United States

    3 publications · 194 citations

    3

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  4. KK
    Kirstin Krüger

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

    3 publications · 169 citations

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  5. WB
    William B. Rossow

    Goddard Institute for Space Studies, United States

    3 publications · 196 citations

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Institutions

102

  1. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    600 citations

  3. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    806 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    378 citations

  5. Science Systems and Applications (United States)

    Lanham, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    444 citations

  6. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    1K citations

  7. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    515 citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    265 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 21 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. Atmospheric chemistry and physics

    8 publications · 356 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    5 publications · 330 citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Meteorology

    5 publications · 609 citations

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  5. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

    4 publications · 134 citations

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