Fusion of CERES, MISR, and MODIS measurements for top-of atmosphere radiative flux validation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Loeb, Norman G ^a,b   Sun, Wenbu ^a   Miller, Walter F ^c   Loukachine, Konstantin ^c   Davies, Roger ^d,e  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA SET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODIS; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATION BUDGET; SATELLITE DATA; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847359402     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007146     Document Type: Article

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