Cloud optical depths and TOA fluxes: Comaparison between satellite and surface retrievals from multiple platforms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 979-982

  Trishchenko, A P ^a   Li, Z ^a   Chang, F L ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION; SATELLITES;

SHORTWAVE (SW);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; OPTICAL DEPTH;

EID: 0035866924     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012067     Document Type: Article

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