Aircraft measurements of Spectral surface albedo and its consistency with ground-based space-borned observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Coddington, Odele ^a   Schmidt, K Sebastian ^a   Pilewskie, Peter ^a   Gore, Warren J ^b   Bergstrom, Robert W ^c   Román, Miguel ^d   Redemann, Jens ^c   Russell, Philip B ^b   Liu, Jicheng ^d   Schaaf, Crystal C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 56349143067     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010089     Document Type: Article

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