Advanced retrievals of multilayered cloud properties using multispectral measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Huang, Jianping ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^a   Lin, Bing ^a   Yi, Yuhong ^a   Khaiyer, Mandana M ^a   Arduini, Robert F ^b   Fan, Alice ^b   Mace, Gerald G ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 25844465582     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005101     Document Type: Article

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