A note on first estimates of surface insolation from GOES-8 visible satellite data

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 219-226

  Diak, George R ^a   Bland, William L ^b   Mecikalski, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOES;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; GOES-8; GOES-9; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE INSOLATION;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030438277     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(96)02331-3     Document Type: Article

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