Global satellite observations of negative brightness temperature differences between 11 and 6.7 μm

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2803-2812

  Ackerman, Steven A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; FIELD OF VIEW; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SATELLITE OBSERVATION;

EID: 0030419077     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2803:GSOONB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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