Validation of AIRS/AMSU cloud retrievals using MODIS cloud analyses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5806, Issue PART II, 2005, Pages 618-629

  Molnar, Gyula I ^a   Susskind, Joel ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud top pressure; Clouds; Effective cloud fraction; Global climatology; Infrared; Inter annual variability; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; EFFECTIVE CLOUD FRACTION; GLOBAL CLIMATOLOGY; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INFRARED RADIATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 27544449565     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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