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Seze and Rossow 1991

Seze, G., and W.B. Rossow, 1991: Time-cumulated visible and infrared radiance histograms used as descriptors of surface and cloud variations. Int. J. Remote Sens., 12, 877-920, doi:10.1080/01431169108929702.

The spatial and temporal stability of the distributions of satellite-measured visible and infrared radiances, caused by variations in clouds and surfaces, are investigated using bidimensional and monodimensional histograms and time-composite images. Similar analysis of the histograms of the original and time-composite images provides separation of the contributions of the space and time variations to the total variations. The variability of both the surfaces and clouds is found to be larger at scales much larger than the minimum resolved by satellite imagery. This study shows that the shapes of these histograms are distinctive characteristics of the different climate regimes and that particular attributes of these histograms can be related to several general, though not universal, properties of clouds and surface variations at regional and synoptic scales. There are also significant exceptions to these relationships in particular climate regimes. The characteristics of these radiance histograms provide a stable well defined descriptor of the cloud and surface properties.

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@article{se06000k,
  author={Seze, G. and Rossow, W. B.},
  title={Time-cumulated visible and infrared radiance histograms used as descriptors of surface and cloud variations},
  year={1991},
  journal={International Journal of Remote Sensing},
  volume={12},
  pages={877--920},
  doi={10.1080/01431169108929702},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - se06000k
AU  - Seze, G.
AU  - Rossow, W. B.
PY  - 1991
TI  - Time-cumulated visible and infrared radiance histograms used as descriptors of surface and cloud variations
JA  - Int. J. Remote Sens.
JO  - International Journal of Remote Sensing
VL  - 12
SP  - 877
EP  - 920
DO  - 10.1080/01431169108929702
ER  -

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