Using VIIRS imagery for snow/ice vs cloud discrimination over Alaska, the Arctic Ocean, and the Bering Sea
AWIPS images of 1-km resolution Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel and 1.61 µm near-IR channel images (above) demonstrated the value of using the near-IR imagery to help discriminate between snow/ice (which appears darker on the near-IR image) and supercooled water droplet cloud features... Read More
