Retrieval of contrail microphysical properties during SUCCESS by the split-window method

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1149-1152

  Duda, David P ^a   Spinhirne, James D ^b   Hart, William D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; INFRARED RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CONTRAILS; CLOUD PARTICLE SIZE; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MULTI-SPECTRAL; SPLIT WINDOWS; SPLIT-WINDOW METHOD; SUBSONIC AIRCRAFT; SURFACE EMISSIVITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CLOUDS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD PARTICLE SIZE; CONTRAIL; OPTICAL DEPTH;

EID: 0032522247     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03159     Document Type: Article

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