Variability of clouds and water vapor in low latitudes: View from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Mote, Philip W ^a   Frey, Richard ^b  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD; LATITUDE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33847160419     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006791     Document Type: Article

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