An evaluation of cloud affected UV radiation from polar orbiting and geostationary satellites at high latitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Meerkötter, Ralf ^a   Verdebout, Jean ^b   Bugliaro, Luca ^a   Edvardsen, Kare ^c   Hansen, Georg ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TRACKING (POSITION);

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CLOUD FIELDS; HIGH LATITUDES; INTERCOMPARISONS; METEOSAT SATELLITES; NOAA SATELLITE; POLAR-ORBITING;

CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

AVHRR; CLOUD COVER; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0346911878     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017850     Document Type: Article

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