Validating the validation: the influence of liquid water distribution in clouds on the intercomparison of satellite and surface observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1457-1474

  Schutgens, N A J ^a   Roebeling, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; CALIBRATION ERROR; CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUDY SKIES; ERROR BUDGETS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FIELDS OF VIEWS; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED SENSORS; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERCOMPARISONS; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; LARGE VIEWING ANGLE; LENGTH SCALE; LIQUID WATER; MEDIAN VALUE; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NARROW WIDTH; PARALLAX EFFECTS; PARALLAX ERROR; PIXEL SIZE; RESAMPLING; RETRIEVAL PROCESS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SECOND GROUP; SPATIAL AVERAGE; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TRACK LENGTHS; VALIDATION ERRORS; VALIDATION STUDY; VIEWING CONDITIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RANDOM ERRORS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

CALIBRATION; CLOUD WATER; FIELD OF VIEW; METEOSAT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349666543     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1226.1     Document Type: Article

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