Cloud liquid water climatology from the special sensor microwave/imager

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1086-1098

  Weng, Fuzhong ^a,c   Grody, Norman C ^b   Ferraro, Ralph ^b   Basist, Alan ^b   Forsyth, David ^b  

^a University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD WATER; LIQUID WATER; LIQUID WATER CLIMATOLOGY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SSM/I;

EID: 0030782314     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1086:CLWCFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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