A new algorithm for the satellite-based retrieval of solar surface irradiance in spectral bands

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 622-647

  Mueller, Richard ^a   Behrendt, Tanja ^b   Hammer, Annette ^b   Kemper, Axel ^b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interactions with atmosphere (clouds, aerosols, water vapor) and land sea surface; Radiative transfer modeling; Remote sensing; Solar surface irradiance

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MONITORING; DATA SETS; EFFECT OF WATER; EFFICIENT PLANNING; HELIOSAT; LOOK UP TABLE; OZONE ABSORPTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING; SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITIES; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOLAR SURFACE IRRADIANCE; SOLAR SURFACES; SPECTRAL BAND; TRANSMISSION VALUE; UV- AND; VALIDATION RESULTS; WAVELENGTH BAND;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TABLE LOOKUP; VAPORS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 84857966480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4030622     Document Type: Article

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