Validation of solar radiation surfaces from MODIS and reanalysis data over topographically complex terrain

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2441-2458

  Schroeder, Todd A ^a   Hember, Robbie ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION;

GROUND MEASUREMENTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER SATELLITES; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL; TOPOGRAPHIC CORRECTION; TOPOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; ELEVATION; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949606330     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2152.1     Document Type: Article

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