Clouds and Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES), a review: Past, present and future

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-263

  Smith, G L ^a   Priestley, K J ^a   Loeb, N G ^a   Wielicki, B A ^a   Charlock, T P ^a   Minnis, P ^a   Doelling, D R ^a   Rutan, D A ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CERES; Earth Radiation Budget; Radiometry; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; CERES; EARTH RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; GEOSTATIONARY METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; TEMPORAL SAMPLING ERRORS;

RADIATION;

EID: 79958110231     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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