Comparative study of satellite and ground techniques for cloud cover determination

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2275-2280

  Martins, F R ^a   Souza, M P ^a   Pereira, E B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; AUTOMATIC TESTING; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CLOUDS; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION;

COMPOSITE IMAGES; OPTICAL THICKNESS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

CLOUD COVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0346154908     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90554-0     Document Type: Article

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