Seasonal variation of cloud particle size as derived from AVHRR remote sensing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Kawamoto, Kazuaki ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ORBITS; PARTICLE SIZE;

CLOUD PARTICLE SIZE; CALIBRATION UNCERTAINTY; LONG TIME SERIES; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; SATELLITE PLATFORMS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR DEGRADATION;

CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AVHRR; CLOUD DROPLET; NOAA SATELLITE; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0242337485     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017437     Document Type: Article

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