Optical depth measurements of aerosol, cloud, and water vapor using sun photometers during FIRE Cirrus IFO II

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-46

  Shiobara, Masataka ^a,b   Spinhirne, James D ^b   Uchiyama, Akihiro ^a   Asano, Shoji ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION FIELD; GAS ABSORPTION; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOLAR EXTINCTION; SUN PHOTOMETER; WATER VAPOUR COLUMN;

EID: 0029749181     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0036:ODMOAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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