Comparison of MISR and CERES top-of-atmosphere albedo

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

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

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS;

CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEM; MULTI-ANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES; TOP-OF-ATMOSPHERE ALBEDO;

METEOROLOGY;

ALBEDO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; REMOTE SENSING; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 34548613592     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027958     Document Type: Article

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