Estimating fractional sky cover from spectral measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Min, Qilong ^a   Wang, Tianhe ^a,b   Long, Charles N ^c   Duan, Minzheng ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLOUDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADIOMETER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTANCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 58149233993     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010278     Document Type: Article

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