Determination of the shortwave anisotropic function for clear-sky desert scenes from ScaRaB data: Comparison with models issued from other satellite data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1398-1411

  Capderou, Michel ^a,b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; CLEAR SKY; DESERT; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 0033066354     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1398:DOTSAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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