The CERES/ARM/GEWEX experiment (CAGEX) for the retrieval of radiative fluxes with satellite data

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2673-2683

  Charlock, Thomas P ^a   Alberta, Timothy L ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGEX VERSION I; RADIATIVE FLUX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0030400519     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<2673:TCEFTR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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