Abstract
Abstract A study of the improvement in cloud-masking capability of data from a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) relative to data from an Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is performed. MODIS offers significant advances over AVHRR in spatial resolution and spectral information. Three MODIS scenes that present a range of cloudiness, surface type, and illumination conditions are analyzed. AVHRR local area coverage (LAC) and global area coverage (GAC) data were synthesized from the most spectrally comparable MODIS channels. This study explores the benefits to cloud masking offered by MODIS beyond that offered by AVHRR. No global generalization can be inferred from this limited analysis, but this study does attempt to quantify the added benefit of MODIS over AVHRR for three scenes. The sole focus is on the levels of cloud contamination in clear AVHRR pixels; the misclassification of clear pixels as cloudy is not addressed. For the scenes studied, the results of the additiona...
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