Parameterization of the Mie extinction and absorption coefficients for water clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1311-1326

  Mitchell, David L ^a,b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER;

ANOMALOUS DIFFRACTION APPROXIMATION (ADA); MIE THEORY; WATER CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; MIE THEORY; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0034038575     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1311:POTMEA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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