Cloud detection over the arctic region using airborne imaging spectrometer data during the daytime

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1421-1429

  Gao, Bo Cai ^a   Han, Wei ^b   Tsay, Si Chee ^c   Larsen, North F ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SFA INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; SPECTROMETER; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0010618693     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1421:CDOTAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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