Correlations among the optical properties of cirrus-cloud particles: Implications for spaceborne remote sensing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Reichardt, J ^a,b   Reichardt, S ^a,b   Behrendt, A ^c   McGee, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING;

BACKSCATTER LIDAR; EXTINCTION PROFILES; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; PARTICLE OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPACEBORNE REMOTE SENSING;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0347033286     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014836     Document Type: Article

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