Downwelling 10 μm radiance temperature climatology for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains site

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Turner, D D ^a,b   Gero, P J ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; NEURAL NETWORKS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIANCE INTERFEROMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; DATA SETS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; DOWN-WELLING; INFRARED RADIANCES; LOW-ALTITUDE; NEURAL NETWORK CLASSIFICATION; OKLAHOMA; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; RADIANCE TEMPERATURES; RADIANCE VALUES; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLEAR SKY; INTERFEROMETER; RADIANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER VAPOR;

GREAT PLAINS; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955608476     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015135     Document Type: Article

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