Establishing the relationship between the CERES window and total channel measured radiances for conditions involving deep convective clouds at night

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2002, Pages ACL-5-1-ACL-5-11

  Kratz, David P ^a   Priestley, Kory J ^a   Green, Richard N ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CERES; Deep convective clouds; Infrared window; Radiometer; Three channel intercomparison; TRMM

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

CLOUD COVER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 4544319571     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001170     Document Type: Review

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