contributor author | Rossow, William B. | |
contributor author | Brest, Christopher L. | |
contributor author | Garder, Leonid C. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T15:08:59Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T15:08:59Z | |
date copyright | 1989/03/01 | |
date issued | 1989 | |
identifier issn | 0894-8755 | |
identifier other | ams-3574.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4173667 | |
description abstract | Global, daily, visible, and infrared radiance measurements from the NOAA-5 Scanning Radiometer (SR) are analyzed for the months of January, April, July, and October 1977 to infer surface radiative properties A radiative transfer model that simulates the spectral and angular characteristics of the NOAA-5 SR measurements is used to retrieve monthly mean surface visible reflectances and temperature at 25 km resolution. These surface properties were found sufficiently accurate for simulation of clear sky radiances to determine global, seasonal variations in cloudiness. Further comparisons of these results with other data highlight the analysis difficulties and radiative model shortcomings that must be overcome to monitor regional and seasonal variations of earth's surface. These preliminary results also provide an estimate of the magnitude of these variations. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | Global, Seasonal Surface Variations from Satellite Radiance Measurements | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 2 | |
journal issue | 3 | |
journal title | Journal of Climate | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0214:GSSVFS>2.0.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 214 | |
journal lastpage | 247 | |
tree | Journal of Climate:;1989:;volume( 002 ):;issue: 003 | |
contenttype | Fulltext | |