Development of a nonlinear statistical method for estimating the downward longwave radiation at the surface from satellite observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1500-1515

  Lee, Hai Tien ^a   Ellingson, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; METEOROLOGY; RADIATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SKIN TEMPERATURE DISCONTINUITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLOUD COVER; ERROR ANALYSIS; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036810887     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<1500:DOANSM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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