Estimating daily sunshine duration over the UK from geostationary satellite data

Weather

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 324-328

  Good, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649683086     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.619     Document Type: Article

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