Effects of 3-D clouds on atmospheric transmission of solar radiation: Cloud type dependencies inferred from a-train satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 943-963

  Ham, Seung Hee ^a   Kato, Seiji ^a   Barker, Howard W ^b   Rose, Fred G ^c   Sun Mack, Sunny ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUN; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D; CALIPSO; CERES; CLOUDSAT; MODIS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; IRRADIANCE; MODIS; NADIR; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84900670370     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020683     Document Type: Article

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