Radiative characteristics of cirrus clouds as retrieved from AVHRR

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-99

  Katagiri, Shuichiro ^a,b   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Japan Aerospace Exloration   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CIRRUS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; NOAA SATELLITE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 2942614926     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.82.81     Document Type: Article

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