Tropical cirrus cloud parameters from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-2)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3495, Issue , 1998, Pages 321-331

  Watts, Sarah K ^a   Watts, Philip D ^b   Baran, Anthony J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATSR 2; Cirrus cloud; Crystal habit; Optical depth; Particle size

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TROPICS;

ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETERS; ATSR-2; CIRRUS CLOUD; CLOUD TEMPERATURES; CRYSTAL HABIT; GRID SIZES; ICE WATER PATHS; MULTI-SPECTRAL; NEAR-IR; OPTICAL DEPTH; PIXEL RESOLUTIONS; THERMAL CHANNELS; TROPICAL CIRRUS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 21044459957     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.332686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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