A case study of cirrus layers with variable 3.74 μm reflection properties in the first FIRE experiment, 2 November 1986

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 137-152

  Platt, C M R ^a   Arking, A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; ER-2 AIRCRAFT; FIRE; LIDAR; NUMERICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING;

USA, WISCONSIN, WAUSAU;

EID: 0031419483     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00866423     Document Type: Article

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