Comparison of the climatologies of high-level clouds from HIRS and ISCCP

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2850-2879

  Jin, Yao ^a,b   Rossow, William B ^b   Wylie, Don P ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; HIRS; ISCCP;

EID: 0030400506     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2850:COTCOH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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