Validation and homogenization of cloud optical depth and cloud fraction retrievals for GERB/SEVIRI scene identification using Meteosat-7 data

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 17-37

  Ipe, Alessandro ^a   Bertrand, C ^a   Clerbaux, N ^a   Dewitte, S ^a   Gonzalez, L ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cloud fraction; Cloud optical depth; Scene identification; Visible imager

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS;

CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEM (CERES); GEOSTATIONARY EARTH RADIATION BUDGET (GERB); SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER (SEVIRI); TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE (TOA);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; INFRARED IMAGERY; METEOSAT; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 8644286225     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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