Cirrus induced polarization in 122 GHz aura Microwave Limb Sounder radiances

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Davis, C P ^a   Wu, D L ^b   Emde, C ^c   Jiang, J H ^b   Cofield, R E ^b   Harwood, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; ICE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CIRRUS INDUCED POLARIZATION; ICE CRYSTALS;

METEOROLOGY;

CIRRUS; ICE CRYSTAL; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 25444441552     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022681     Document Type: Article

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