Cloud property retrievals for climate monitoring: Implications of differences between Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on METEOSAT-8 and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-17

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Roebeling, R A ^a   Feijt, A J ^a   Stammes, P ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; INFRARED IMAGING; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; DATA SET; METEOSAT; NOAA SATELLITE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845652607     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006990     Document Type: Article

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