Sensitivity of cirrus bidirectional reflectance to vertical inhomogeneity of ice crystal habits and size distributions for two Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) bands

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D15, 2001, Pages 17267-17291

  Yang, Ping ^a,b   Gao, Bo Cai ^c   Baum, Bryan A ^d   Wiscombe, Warren J ^b   Hu, Yong X ^d   Nasiri, Shaima L ^e   Soulen, Peter F ^a,b   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^f   McFarquhar, Greg M ^f   Miloshevich, Larry M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0010335137     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900618     Document Type: Article

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