Retrieval of cloud properties from EPIC/DSCOVR

Abstract

This dissertation provides a framework for retrieving cloud macrophysical properties from radiance measurements acquired by the EPIC instrument. It analyses the involved pre-processing steps (registration and degradation correction), speed-up improvements in the radiative transfer model, the determination of the cloud fraction with the OCRA algorithm, and the sensitivity analysis of the ROCINN algorithm to obtain cloud optical thickness and cloud-top height under several sources of uncertainty.