Variable: Cloud thickness
The table below shows the sensor and platform types available for mapping or monitoring your chosen environmental variable (*from thermal data).
Options for mapping or monitoring cloud thickness
Passive imaging systems
Airborne digital photography
Satellite multispectral, fine resolution
Satellite multispectral, medium resolution
Airborne hyperspectral
Satellite hyperspectral, medium resolution
Satellite hyperspectral, coarse resolution
Airborne photography
Active imaging systems
Airborne radar
Satellite radar
Airborne laser
Satellite laser
Field based
Field instrument