CERES synoptic product: Methodology and validation of surface radiant flux

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1121-1143

  Rutan, David A ^a   Kato, Seiji ^b   Doelling, David R ^b   Rose, Fred G ^a   Nguyen, Le Trang ^a   Caldwell, Thomas E ^a   Loeb, Norman G ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate records; Radiative transfer; Satellite observations; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE RECORD; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; GODDARD EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE FLUX;

ORBITS;

AQUA (SATELLITE); CLOUD COVER; EOS; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE FLUX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TERRA (SATELLITE);

EID: 84942520520     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00165.1     Document Type: Article

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