Assessment of cloud cover characteristics in satelite datasets and reanalysis products for greenland

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1837-1849

  Griggs, J A ^a   Bamber, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; CURVE FITTING; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DETECTORS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; ESTIMATION; GLACIERS; ICE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PUMPING PLANTS; RADIATION; RADIO ALTIMETERS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RHENIUM; SATELLITES; SCANNING; SENSORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER 2 (ATSR 2); AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT (AMIP); CLOUD COVERS; CLOUD FRACTION; DATA SETS; DATA-SETS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (U.S.); DOWN-SCALING; ECMWF RE ANALYSIS (ERA 40); GREEN LAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEETS; INFRARED (IR); KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MASS BALANCE MODELING; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRO-RADIOMETER (MODIS); POLAR PATHFINDER; RADIATION BALANCE; RE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SPECTRAL SAMPLING; SUBSTANTIAL ERRORS; SURFACE MELT RATE (SMR); SURFACE MELTING; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIME PERIODS; TIME SERIES; VISIBLE IMAGERY;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

ALBEDO; ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; AVHRR; CLOUD COVER; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; MODIS; RADIATION BALANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 45249119342     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1570.1     Document Type: Article

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