Infrared spectral absorption of nearly invisible cirrus clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1137-1140

  Smith, W L ^a   Ackerman, S ^b   Revercomb, H ^b   Huang, H ^b   DeSlover, D H ^b   Feltz, W ^b   Gumley, L ^b   Collard, A ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; TROPOSPHERE; CLOUDS; NASA;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; ICE CRYSTAL CLOUDS; CLOUD EFFECTS; ICE PARTICLES; INFRARED SPECTRAL; MULTI-SPECTRAL; RADIANCE DATA; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SUBSONIC AIRCRAFT;

CLOUDS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

CIRRUS; ICE CRYSTAL; INFRARED RADIATION; MULTISPECTRAL RADIANCE;

EID: 0032522320     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03491     Document Type: Article

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