Comparison of NOAA's operational AVHRR-derived cloud amount to other satellite-derived cloud climatologies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4805-4822

  Thomas, Sarah M ^a   Heidinger, Andrew K ^b   Pavolonis, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOMETERS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDERS (HIRS); INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT (ISCCP); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETERS (MODIS);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AVHRR; CLOUD COVER; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 12344275808     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3242.1     Document Type: Article

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