Estimation of surface solar global radiation from NOAA AVHRR data in high latitudes

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1706-1719

  Laine, Vesa ^a   Venäläinen, Ari ^a   Heikinheimo, Martti ^a   Hyvärinen, Otto ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; INSOLATION; LATITUDE; RADIATION BALANCE;

EID: 0342368784     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1706:EOSSGR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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