A critical examination of satellite cloud retrieval from AVHRR in the Arctic using SHEBA data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1195-1209

  Xiong, Xiaozhen ^a   Lubin, Dan ^b   Li, Wei ^c   Stamnes, Knut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE;

CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

AVHRR; CLOUD COVER; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0036968165     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<1195:ACEOSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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