Trends in global cloud cover in two decades of HIRS observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3021-3031

  Wylie, Donald ^a   Jackson, Darren L ^b   Menzel, W Paul ^c   Bates, John J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d NOAA/ETL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; INFRARED DETECTORS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD COVER; HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIOMETER SOUNDER (HIRS);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 25444475811     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3461.1     Document Type: Article

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