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Solar Zenith Angle

Solar Zenith Angle is the angular distance between the Sun's position in the sky and the local vertical, measured from directly overhead (zenith) to the Sun's center, defining the elevation of solar radiation incident on Earth's surface.

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An extended AVHRR 8‐km NDVI dataset compatible with MODIS and SPOT vegetation NDVI data

Compton J. Tucker, Jorge Enrique Dí­az Pinzón, Molly E. Brown et al. · International Journal of Remote Sensing · 2005 · 2.4K citations

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Image-Based Atmospheric Corrections - Revisited and Improved

Pat S. Chavez · Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing · 1996 · 1.9K citations

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A Parameterization for the Absorption of Solar Radiation in the Earth's Atmosphere

Andrew A. Lacis, James E. Hansen · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1974 · 1.5K citations

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Estimation of the remote-sensing reflectance from above-surface measurements

Curtis D. Mobley · Applied Optics · 1999 · 1.3K citations

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An algorithm for the retrieval of albedo from space using semiempirical BRDF models

Wolfgang Lucht, Crystal Schaaf, Alan H. Strahler · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing · 2000 · 1.1K citations

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  1. AB
    Alkiviadis Bais

    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    21 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. RM
    Richard McKenzie

    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

    20 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. MB
    M. Blumthaler

    Innsbruck Medical University, Austria

    21 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. DD
    D. D. Morgan

    University of Iowa, United States

    16 publications · 925 citations

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    B. M. Jakosky

    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, United States

    15 publications · 1K citations

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  1. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    62 h-index

    341 publications

    44.4K citations

  2. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    35 h-index

    134 publications

    7.9K citations

  3. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    31 h-index

    111 publications

    7.3K citations

  4. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    30 h-index

    107 publications

    5.9K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    29 h-index

    71 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    28 h-index

    77 publications

    4.2K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    28 h-index

    216 publications

    6.4K citations

  8. Boston University

    Boston, United States

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    100 publications

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 374 publications · 23.6K citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    129 publications · 7.9K citations

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  3. Applied Optics

    65 publications · 6.8K citations

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  4. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    52 publications · 5.1K citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

    67 publications · 2.5K citations

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