Anisotropy of water cloud reflectance: A comparison of measurements and 1D theory

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Horváth, Ákos ^a   Davies, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLOUDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION;

ANGULAR TESTS; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETERS (MISR); RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANISOTROPY; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; CLOUD WATER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RESOLUTION;

EID: 2442625635     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018386     Document Type: Article

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