The spectral radiance experiment (SPECTRE): Project description and sample results

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1967-1985

  Ellingson, Robert G ^a   Wiscombe, Warren J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICRCCM; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PROJECT DESCRIPTION; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECTRAL RADIANCE EXPERIMENT; SPECTRE;

USA, KANSAS, COFFEYVILLE;

EID: 0030377129     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<1967:TSREPD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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