Clear-sky narrowband albedo variations derived from VIRS and MODIS data

Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 721-728

  Sun Mack, Sunny ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Arduini, Robert F ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES (SZA); TOP-OF-ATMOSPHERE (TOA); VISIBLE INFRARED SCANNER (VIS);

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; SNOW;

SCANNING;

EID: 24044531560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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