Cloud-property retrieval using merged HIRS and AVHRR data

Cloud-properties can be effectively retrieved using the multispectral, multiresolution technique (MSMR). The MSMR method combines High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) sounding channel data and Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imaging data to determine mid- to high-level cloud properties. AVHRR data are studied to obtain cloud reflectances and emittances with HIRS pixels and AVHRR pixel radiance are determined through the cloud-top temperature from the HIRS data.