Retrieval of cloud emissivity and particle size in the frame of the CALIPSO mission

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1520-1522

  Chomette, O ^a   Garnier, A ^a   Pelon, J ^a   Lifermann, A ^b   Bret Dibat, T ^b   Ackerman, S ^c   Chepfer, H ^c   Dubuisson, P ^c   Giraud, V ^c   Hu, Y ^c   Kratz, D ^c   Noel, V ^c   Platt, C M R ^c   Sirou, F ^c   Stubenrauch, C ^c  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clouds properties; IR radiometer; Lidar; Space mission

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; INFRARED RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SPACE MISSION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0242542349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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