Evaluation of arctic cloud products from the EUMETSAT climate monitoring satellite application facility based on CALIPSO-CALIOP observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1789-1807

  Karlsson, K G ^a   Dybbroe, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CLOUD COVER; METEOSAT; NOAA SATELLITE; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 77149179444     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-1789-2010     Document Type: Article

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