Variability of warm-season cloud episodes over east Asia based on GMS infrared brightness temperature observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1478-1500

  Wang, Chung Chieh ^a   Chen, George Tai Jen ^b   Carbone, Richard E ^c  

^a JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GEOSTATIONARY METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES (GMS); INFRARED BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY;

METEOROLOGY;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; INFRARED IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 24944490616     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2928.1     Document Type: Article

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