VIIRS

 

Water vapor (Sobrino et al., 2003)

 

Water vapor is estimated using a method similar to the one developed by Sobrino et al. (2003). This method is based on the difference of brightness temperatures in VIIRS channels 15 and 16.

 

 

Reference

 

Sobrino, J. A., El Kharraz, J. & Li, Z. L. (2003). Surface temperature and water vapour retrieval from MODIS data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24, 5161-5182.