On remote sensing of water clouds from space

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 425-428

  Kokhanovsky, A A ^a   Zege, E P ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LIQUID WATER PATH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031800066     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00923-X     Document Type: Article

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