Evaluating the observed variability in hyperspectral Earth-reflected solar radiance

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Roberts, Yolanda L ^a   Pilewskie, Peter ^a   Kindel, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAPPING; MAPS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CARTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE STUDIES; EARTH'S CLIMATE; HYPERSPECTRAL; INVERSE METHODS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REGIONAL SCALE; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER; SEA ICE EXTENT; SINGULAR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIANCE; SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL BAND; SPECTRAL PATTERNS; SPECTRAL VARIABLES; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE VARIABLES; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ALBEDO; AMSR-E; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DATA SET; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFLECTANCE; SCIAMACHY; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84055216862     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016448     Document Type: Article

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