Global patterns in daytime cloud properties derived from GOME backscatter UV-VIS measurements

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4295-4318

  Loyola, R D G ^a   Thomas, W ^b   Spurr, R ^c   Mayer, B ^a,d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA FUSION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MAPS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS;

CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; GLOBAL OZONE MONITORING EXPERIMENTS; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; NEURAL NETWORK INVERSION; OPTICAL THICKNESS VALUES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CARTOGRAPHIES (SCIAMACHY);

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 77956640917     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903246741     Document Type: Article

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