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ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2024, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 23-35

Three-dimensional cloud model reconstruction from cloud base and top heights using passive satellite data

A.V. Skorokhodov 1 
1 V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
Accepted: 29.03.2024
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2024-21-2-23-35
Information about 3D-distribution of cloud features (including shape and volume) is needed to improve the understanding of convection mechanisms, radiative transfer and propagation of latent heat fluxes, as well as for aviation purposes. The paper presents the results of the estimation of possibilities to reconstruct three-dimensional models for different types of single-layer clouds using only the information about cloud base and top heights obtained from passive satellite data. Not only the main cloud forms are considered, but also some of their subtypes. The input data are MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) images in the visible spectrum range with spatial resolution of 1000 m, as well as their data products. The method of three-dimensional cloud model reconstruction from passive satellite data is described. The results of shape reconstruction for different cloud types observed over the territory of Western Siberia in summer are discussed. It is shown that the considered approach allows reconstructing three-dimensional models not only of individual clouds, but also of a cloud field as a whole. It is found that the shapes of cumulus humilis clouds cannot be reconstructed due to low spatial resolution, and the models of some cloud types have strong similarity. Recommendations on the use of the obtained results for solving various scientific and applied problems are given.
Keywords: satellite data, cloud types, three-dimensional cloud model, cloud features, MODIS
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