Cloud detection from the spaceborne POLDER instrument and validation against surface synoptic observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 777-785

  Bréon, François Marie ^a   Colzy, Stéphane ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CLOUD COVER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; POLDER;

EID: 0345073279     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0777:CDFTSP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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