A simple self-calibrating cold cloud duration technique applied in West Africa and Bangladesh

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-97

  Dybkjær, Gorm ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cold cloud duration; METEOSAT; Rainfall; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CLOUD COVER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

(WEST); AFRICA; BANGLADESH;

EID: 0042856293     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2003.10649482     Document Type: Article

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