Validation of modelled cloudiness using satellite-estimated cloud climatologies

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 767-785

  Karlsson, Karl Göran ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD COVER; ECMWF; HIRLAM; MODEL VALIDATION; NOAA; SCANDIA; WEATHER FORECAST;

EID: 0030404855     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i5.12206     Document Type: Article

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