Evaluation of surface albedo from GEWEX-SRB and ISCCP-FD data against validated MODIS product over the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Qin, Jun ^a   Yang, Kun ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^b   Zhang, Hao ^c   Ma, Yaoming ^a   Guo, Xiaofeng ^a   Chen, Zhuoqi ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA HANDLING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW;

CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SETS; GLOBAL ENERGY; GRID CELLS; GROUND TRUTH; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NEGATIVE BIAS; POSITIVE BIAS; RADIATION BUDGET; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE ALBEDO; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WATER CYCLE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84855302076     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015823     Document Type: Article

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