A LUT-based approach to estimate surface solar irradiance by combining MODIS and MTSAT data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Huang, Guanghui ^a   Ma, Mingguo ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^b   Liu, Shaomin ^c   Li, Xin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; TABLE LOOKUP; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL LOADING; CLOUD FIELDS; LOOK UP TABLE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; MULTISOURCES; MULTISPECTRAL SENSORS; NORTHERN CHINA; PYRANOMETERS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING; REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION; RETRIEVAL QUALITY; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE STATE; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

RADIOMETERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; IRRADIANCE; MODIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; MTSAT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA;

EID: 81755161199     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016120     Document Type: Article

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