Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 15-28.doi: 10.11978/2023015CSTR: 32234.14.2023015

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Research on the multi-source satellite daytime sea fog detection technology based on cloud characteristics*

WANG Yu1(), HU Chenyue1, QIU Zhongfeng1(), ZHAO Dongzhi1, WU Daomao2, LIAO Kuo3   

  1. 1. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
    2. Suqian Environmental Monitoring Center, Suqian 223800, China
    3. Fujian Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Fuzhou 350008, China
  • Received:2023-02-08 Revised:2023-03-11 Online:2023-11-10 Published:2023-03-23
  • Contact: WANG Yu, QIU Zhongfeng E-mail:yuwang@nuist.edul.cn;zhongfeng.qiu@nuist.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(41976165);Advanced Program for FY Satellite Applications (2022)(FY-APP-2022.0610)

Abstract:

The separation of sea fog and low clouds is the current difficulty of sea fog monitoring, in order to improve the accuracy and real-time of daytime sea fog monitoring, a model of multi-satellite daytime sea fog detection based on cloud properties is established by analyzing the difference in the features of cloud properties, visible reflectance, brightness temperature, brightness temperature difference and texture features in the infrared bands between sea fog and cloud using the cloud and reflectivity products of MODIS (moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer) on Terra/Aqua and VIIRS (visible infrared imaging radiometer suite) on S-NPP/NOAA-20 during eleven sea fog events from 2015 to 2020, which effectively separate low clouds from sea fog. Model precision was validated based on the true value of sea fog identified by CALIOP (cloud aerosol lidar with orthogonal polarization) backscattering and vertical feature mask products. The results showed that the highest probability of detection for MODIS(Terra), MODIS(Aqua), and VIIRS(S-NPP) sea fog identification were 0.97, 0.96, 0.89, respectively. There are more than 93.15% of the VIIRS(NOAA-20) sea fog detection images that show 80% consistency with VIIRS(S-NPP), indicating that the model can effectively monitor daytime sea fog. Meanwhile, based on the model presented in this paper, the consistency study of MODIS and VIIRS data is carried out, and the results show that the model has strong applicability and stability for different sensors and can realize the synergistic observation of the same sea fog process by multiple source satellites.

Key words: sea fog, cloud properties, cloud base height, MODSI, VIIRS

CLC Number: 

  • P714.2