A high-resolution outgoing longwave radiation dataset from kalpana-1 satellite during 2004-2012

Current Science

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1124-1133

  Mahakur, M ^a   Prabhu, A ^a   Sharma, A K ^b   Rao, V R ^b   Senroy, S ^b   Singh, Randhir ^c   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^c Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Active break periods; Diurnal variation; Geostationary platforms; Outgoing longwave radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886660118     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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