The physical parameterization of the top-of-atmosphere reflection function for a cloudy atmosphere-underlying surface system: The oxygen A-band case study

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-55

  Kokhanovsky, Alexander A ^a,b   Rozanov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Oxygen A band; Radiative transfer; Top of atmosphere reflection function

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARAMETERIZATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0442327933     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(03)00193-6     Document Type: Article

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