Assessing a cloud optical depth retrieval algorithm with model-generated data and the frozen turbulence assumption

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 2951-2956

  Barker, Howard W ^a   Pavloski, C F ^b   Ovtchinnikov, M ^c   Clothiaux, E E ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

CLOUDS;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; TURBULENCE;

EID: 11844293977     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3310.1     Document Type: Article

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