Diurnal cycles of clouds and how they affect polar-orbiting satellite date

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3989-3996

  Wylie, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; INFRARED RADIATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES;

CLOUD COVERS; DIURNAL CYCLING; HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDER; MULTISPECTRAL INFRARED; NORTH AMERICA; POLAR-ORBITING; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; SATELLITE DATA; SUMMER SEASON; TREND ANALYSIS;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; INFRARED IMAGERY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53649087555     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2027.1     Document Type: Article

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