Retrieving cloud information from passive measurements of solar radiation absorbed by molecular oxygen and O2-O2

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Daniel, J S ^a   Solomon, S ^a   Miller, H L ^a,b   Langford, A O ^a   Portmann, R W ^a   Eubank, C S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud height; Oxygen absorption; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLOUD COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OXYGEN; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 1342268715     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002994     Document Type: Article

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