Synergetic cloud fraction determination for SCIAMACHY using MERIS

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 319-337

  Schlundt, C ^a   Kokhanovsky, A A ^a   Von Hoyningen Huene, W ^a   Dinter, T ^a   Istomina, L ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ENVISAT-1; MERIS; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCIAMACHY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRACE GAS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84857692644     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-319-2011     Document Type: Article

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