Estimating cloud optical depth from surface radiometric observations: Sensitivity to instrument noise and aerosol contamination

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4095-4104

  Beaulne, Alain ^a   Barker, Howard W ^a   Blanchet, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AEROSOL CONTAMINATION; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; INSTRUMENT NOISE;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD; ESTIMATION METHOD; NOISE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER;

EID: 28844506747     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3544.1     Document Type: Article

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