Toward a standard procedure for validation of satellite-derived cloud liquid water path: A study with SEVIRI data

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1575-1590

  Greuell, Wouter ^a   Roebeling, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-SKY; CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; GAUSSIAN WEIGHT; GROUND BASED; GROUND DATA; GROUND STATIONS; LENGTH SCALE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE DATA; SPACE-BORNE; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; STANDARD PROCEDURES; TIME-SCALES; VALIDATION METHODS; VALIDATION STUDY; WIND FIELD;

ASTROPHYSICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIQUIDS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES;

SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

CLOUD WATER; ERROR CORRECTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; WIND FIELD;

EID: 70349675716     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2112.1     Document Type: Article

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