Empirical removal of artifacts from the ISCCP and PATMOS-x satellite cloud records

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 691-702

  Norris, Joel R ^a   Evan, Amato T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate records; Cloud cover; Clouds; Multidecadal variability; Satellite observations; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; CURVE FITTING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLIMATE RECORD; CLOUD COVER; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

SATELLITES;

ARTIFACT; CORRECTION; DATA SET; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84944042754     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00058.1     Document Type: Article

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