A refined statistical cloud closure using double-Gaussian probability density functions

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1641-1657

  Naumann, A K ^a   Seifert, A ^b   Mellado, J P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER EXCHANGE;

EID: 84885705547     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-1641-2013     Document Type: Article

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