Evaluation of satellite estimates of downward shortwave radiation over the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Yang, Kun ^a   Pinker, Rachel T ^b   Ma, Yaoming ^a   Koike, Toshio ^c   Wonsick, Margaret M ^b   Cox, Stephen J ^d   Zhang, Yuanchong ^e   Stackhouse, Paul ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DATA QUALITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; METEOSAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION BUDGET; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 56349151434     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009736     Document Type: Article

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