Uncertainty Estimate of Surface Irradiances Computed with MODIS-, CALIPSO-, and CloudSat-Derived Cloud and Aerosol Properties

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 395-412

  Kato, Seiji ^a   Loeb, Norman G ^a   Rutan, David A ^b   Rose, Fred G ^b   Sun Mack, Sunny ^b   Miller, Walter F ^b   Chen, Yan ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Surface net irradiance; Surface radiative energy budget

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SENSOR; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; ANNUAL MEAN; BIAS ERROR; CALIPSO; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUDSAT; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; LONG WAVES; RADIATIVE ENERGY; SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; SURFACE IRRADIANCE; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE; UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; SENSORS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; CALIPSO; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUDSAT; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRRADIANCE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODIS; NADIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION BUDGET; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862796636     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-012-9179-x     Document Type: Article

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