Diurnal variation of 340 nm Lambertian equivalent reflectivity due to clouds and aerosols over land and oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Labow, Gordon J ^a   Herman, Jay R ^b   Huang, Liang Kang ^a   Lloyd, Steven A ^c   DeLand, Matthew T ^a   Qin, Wenhan ^a   Mao, Jianping ^b   Larko, David E ^a  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c Wyle Information Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; NASA; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION;

CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD FRACTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EQUIVALENT REFLECTIVITY; FUNCTION OF TIME; LAMBERT EQUIVALENT REFLECTIVITIES; LAMBERTIAN; LOCAL SOLAR TIME; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NOAA SATELLITE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OVER WATER; QUANTIFICATION OF ENERGIES; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; ZONAL MEANS;

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL; AQUA (SATELLITE); CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY FLUX; LATITUDE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRA (SATELLITE); TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

LAMBERTIA;

EID: 79958807641     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014980     Document Type: Article

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