The effect of overlying absorbing aerosol layers on remote sensing retrievals of cloud effective radius and cloud optical depth

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 598 PART A, 2004, Pages 779-800

  Haywood, Jim M ^a   Osborne, Simon R ^a   Abel, Steven J ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Indirect effects; Microphysics; Radiation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS;

MINERAL DUST; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS (MODIS);

METEOROLOGY;

BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA PROCESSING; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 2142805961     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.100     Document Type: Article

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