Sensitivity of multiangle remote sensing observations to aerosol sphericity

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16861-16870

  Kahn, Ralph ^a   West, Robert ^a   McDonald, Duncan ^a   Rheingans, Brian ^a   Mishchenko, Michael I ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; EOS; MISR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0031454879     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01934     Document Type: Article

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