A 10 year cloud climatology over Scandinavia derived from NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer imagery

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1023-1044

  Karlsson, Karl Göran ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Cloud climatology; ERA 40; ISCCP D2; NOAA AVHRR; SCANDIA cloud classifications; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; IMAGE SENSORS; RADIOMETRY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; AVHRR; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD COVER; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BALTIC SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0042974064     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.916     Document Type: Article

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