Temporal interpolation methods for the clouds and the earth's radiant energy system (CERES) experiment

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 572-590

  Young, D F ^a   Minnis, P ^a   Doelling, D R ^b   Gibson, G G ^a   Wong, T ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METEOROLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

CLOUDS AND THE EARTH RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEM; RADIATION BUDGET MEASUREMENT; TEMPORAL INTERPOLATION METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

EARTH SCIENCE; INTERPOLATION; RADIATION BALANCE;

EID: 0032105014     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0572:TIMFTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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