A daytime over land algorithm for computing AVHRR convective cloud climatologies for the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2113-2128

  Azorin Molina, Cesar ^a   Baena Calatrava, Rafael ^b   Echave Calvo, Imanol ^c   Connell, Bernadette H ^d   Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   López Moreno, Juan I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Estudios de Materiales Y Control de Obra SA   (Spain)

^c ITT Visual Information Solutions   (France)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud algorithm; Convective cloud climatologies; Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands; NOAA AVHRR

Indexed keywords

BALEARIC ISLANDS; CLOUD DETECTION ALGORITHMS; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NOAA AVHRR; SPECTRAL THRESHOLD; THRESHOLD ALGORITHMS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; LANDFORMS; PIXELS; SNOW;

TESTING;

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; ICE CORE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXEL; SNOW; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84879602676     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3572     Document Type: Article

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