Top-of-atmosphere albedo estimation from angular distribution models using scene identification from satellite cloud property retrievals

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1269-1285

  Loeb, Norman G ^a,c   Parol, Frédéric ^b   Buriez, Jean Claude ^b   Vanbauce, Claudine ^b  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ALBEDO ESTIMATION; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION MODEL; CLOUD FRACTION INTERVAL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE;

CLOUDS;

ALBEDO; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION BUDGET;

EID: 0034174409     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1269:TOAAEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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