Photon path length distributions inferred from rotating shadowband spectrometer measurements at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurements Program Southern Great Plains site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Min, Qilong ^a   Clothiaux, Eugene E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Cloud; Oxygen A band; Path length; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETER;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1342333778     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002963     Document Type: Article

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