A survey of studies into errors in large scale space-time averages of rainfall, cloud cover, sea surface processes and the earth's radiation budget as derived from low earth orbit satellite instruments because of their incomplete temporal and spatial coverage

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-403

  Astin, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; EARTH ORBIT; EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; MEASUREMENT ERROR; RAINFALL; SATELLITE INSTRUMENT; SEA SURFACE;

EID: 0031454323     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006512715662     Document Type: Review

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