Cloud observations in Switzerland using hemispherical sky cameras

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 695-707

  Wacker, Stefan ^a,b   Gröbner, Julian ^a   Zysset, Christoph ^a,c   Diener, Laurin ^a   Tzoumanikas, Panagiotis ^d   Kazantzidis, Andreas ^d   Vuilleumier, Laurent ^e   Stöckli, Reto ^e   Nyeki, Stephan ^a   Kämpfer, Niklaus ^f  

^a WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b Greenland Survey   (Greenland)

^c Computer Controls AG ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^e FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD COVER; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; METEOSAT; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84923098815     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022643     Document Type: Article

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