Evaluating the impact of orbital sampling on satellite-climate model comparisons

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 355-369

  Guan, Bin ^a,b   Waliser, Duane E ^a   Li, Jui Lin F ^a   Da Silva, Arlindo ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; SATELLITES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EVALUATING MODELS; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL EVALUATION; OCEAN SURFACE WINDS; PATTERN SIMILARITY; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; STANDARD DEVIATION;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; OZONE; SAMPLING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84881650794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018590     Document Type: Article

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