Combined satellite- and surface-based observations of clouds

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 897-913

  Weare, Bryan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SATELLITES; TROPICS;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0033102227     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0897:csasbo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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