Spectral kernel approach to study radiative response of climate variables and interannual variability of reflected solar spectrum

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Jin, Zhonghai ^a   Wielicki, Bruce A ^b   Loukachine, Constantin ^b   Charlock, Thomas P ^b   Young, David ^b   Noël, Stefan ^c  

^a Science Systems and Applications   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ERRORS; MAPPING; MAPS; SEA ICE; SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE PARAMETERS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD HEIGHTS; CLOUD PARTICLE SIZE; CLOUD PROPERTIES; HIGH LATITUDES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; KERNEL APPROACHES; LOW LATITUDES; NEAR INFRARED; NON-LINEARITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RMS ERRORS; SAMPLING ERRORS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER; SOLAR ELEVATION; SOLAR SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECTRAL KERNELS; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES;

REFLECTION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODIS; NONLINEARITY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCIAMACHY; SEA ICE; SNOW; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

EID: 79958024913     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015228     Document Type: Article

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