Cloud properties derived from surface MFRSR measurements and comparison with GOES results at the ARM SGP site

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1641-1644

  Min, Qilong ^a   Harrison, Lee C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SURFACES; WATER; ARM PROCESSORS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAM; CLOUD PROPERTIES; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; SURFACE BASED ESTIMATES; TOTAL LIQUID WATER PATH; WARM CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARM PROGRAMME; CLOUD PROPERTIES; GOES; INVERSION METHOD; MFRSR; OPTICAL DEPTH;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; INVERSION METHODS; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; SPATIAL AVERAGE; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE;

EID: 0030158078     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01488     Document Type: Article

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