Observations of cirrus clouds with airborne MIR, CLS, and MAS during SUCCESS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1145-1148

  Wang, J R ^a   Racette, P ^a   Spinhirne, J D ^a   Evans, K F ^b   Hart, W D ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; HEAT RADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; TROPOSPHERE; AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; ICE; LUMINANCE; NASA; RADIOMETRY; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD LIDAR SYSTEMS (CLS); MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING RADIOMETERS (MIR); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SPECTRA; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS; MILLIMETER-WAVE REGIONS; POTENTIAL UTILITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; WATER VAPOR CHANNELS;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0032522317     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03194     Document Type: Article

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