Quantification of the accuracy of liquid water path fields derived from NOAA 16 advanced very high resolution radiometer over three ground stations using microwave radiometers

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Jolivet, D ^a,b   Feijt, A J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b Centre d'Innovation et d'Echanges de Lille Métropole CIEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD WATER; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 24644505303     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005205     Document Type: Article

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