Comparison of a satellite based Alpine cloud climatology with observations of synoptic stations

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-243

  Kästner, Martina ^a   Bissolli, Peter ^b   Höppner, Kathrin ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; LANDFORMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; NOAA SATELLITE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33646054139     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2004/0013-0233     Document Type: Article

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