Effect of particle non-sphericity on satellite monitoring of drifting volcanic ash clouds

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 63, Issue 2-6, 1999, Pages 613-630

  Krotkov, N A ^a   Flittner, D E ^b   Krueger, A J ^c   Kostinski, A ^c   Riley, C ^d   Rose, W ^d   Torres, O ^e  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOMS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

EID: 0032724109     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(99)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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