Determination of cloud microphysical properties from AVHRR images: Comparisons of three approaches

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-83

  Fouilloux, Anne ^a,c   Gayet, Jean François ^a   Kriebel, Karl Theodor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Gustave Eiffel University   (France)

Author keywords

Cloud radiative properties; Remote sensing retrieval techniques

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033857132     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(00)00057-0     Document Type: Article

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