Seasonal and regional variability of cloud liquid water path in northwestern China derived from MODIS/CERES observations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1037-1042

  Chen, Yonghang ^a   Peng, Kuanjun ^a   Huang, Jianping ^b   Kang, Yanming ^a   Zhang, Hua ^c   Jiang, Xiaobin ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); LANDFORMS; NASA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SEASONAL AND REGIONAL VARIABILITIES; SINGLE SCANNER FOOTPRINTS;

RADIOMETERS;

CLIMATIC REGION; CLOUD WATER; MODIS; REGIONAL PATTERN; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77951120669     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903154309     Document Type: Article

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