Cloud occurrence and cloud properties in Ecuador

Climate Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-147

  Bendix, Jörg ^a   Rollenbeck, Rütger ^a   Göttlicher, Dietrich ^a   Cermak, Jan ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clouds; Ecuador; NOAA AVHRR

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RAIN;

CLOUD COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645295482     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr030133     Document Type: Article

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