Estimation of surface temperature and rainfall in Ghana

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn , Issue 97, 1997, Pages 76-85

  Kakane, V C K ^a   Sogaard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Albedo; Albedo variance; Delimiting cloud; Infra red image; Meteosat AIVH data; NOAA AVHRR; Rainfall correlation; Surface temperature; Visible image

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOSAT; RAINFALL; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

GHANA;

EID: 0031433952     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.1997.10649394     Document Type: Article

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