Satellite-derived cloud climatology over high elevation areas based on circulation types: A 2007 analysis of the Tatra Mountains

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 462-468

  Kotarba, Andrzej Z ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Application of circulation types; MODIS; Mountains; Total cloud cover

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BLOCKING PHENOMENON; CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD MASKS; CLOUD WATER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HIGH ELEVATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS; POLLUTION DEPOSITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC INTERACTION; SURFACE-BASED; TERRAIN ELEVATION; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE; TOTAL CLOUD COVER;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MASKS; RADIOMETERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURVEYING;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CARPATHIANS; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77954959241     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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