A methodology for measuring cirrus cloud visible-to-infrared spectral optical depth ratios

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-262

  DeSlover, Daniel H ^a   Smith, William L ^a,c   Piironen, Paivi K ^b,d   Eloranta, Edwin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH;

EID: 0032732430     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0251:AMFMCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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