Estimation of microwave radiation intensity from a multilayered cloud model

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-352

  Swaminathan, V ^a,c   Gairola, R M ^b,d   Balaji, C ^a,c   Venkateshan, S P ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

^c Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Laboratory   (India)

^d Remote Sensing Area/Space Applic C   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROMETERS; INTERPOLATION; ISOTHERMS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; POLYNOMIALS; VECTORS;

ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING; MICROWAVE RADIATION INTENSITY; MULTILAYERED CLOUDS; STEFAN-BOLTZMAN CONSTANT;

MICROWAVES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 23244437593     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.7256     Document Type: Article

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