Technical Note: The effect of sensor resolution on the number of cloud-free observations from space

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2881-2891

  Krijger, J M ^a   Van Weele, M ^b   Aben, I ^a   Frey, R ^c  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD COVER; MODIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SATELLITE SENSOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 34250167597     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-2881-2007     Document Type: Article

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