Urban influence on cloud cover estimated from satellite data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 24-25, 1999, Pages 4163-4172

  Romanov, Peter ^a  

^a ROSHYDROMET 7 B P   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cloud amount; Satellite remote sensing; Urban effects

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR);

CLOUDS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AREA;

CITY; CLIMATE; CLOUD; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASON; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WEATHER;

EID: 0032994746     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00159-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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