Possible near-IR channels for remote sensing precipitable water vapor from geostationary satellite platforms

The remote sensing of water vapor from geostationary satellites, also known as 'reflectance technique,' was used to analyze three near-IR channels, one in the 0.94 micrometer vapor band absorption domain and the rest in neighboring atmospheric windows. Water vapor in the atmosphere reduces the intensity of solar radiation. Surface reflectance and the average atmospheric water vapor transmittance of the absorption were measured using the proposed near-IR reflectance technique.