Antarctica cloud cover for October 2003 from GLAS satellite lidar profiling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Spinhirne, J D ^a   Palm, S P ^b   Hart, W D ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; LASERS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GEOSCICENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEM; POLAR CLOUDS; SATELLITE LIDAR PROFILING;

OPTICAL RADAR;

CLOUD COVER; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 30744454556     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023782     Document Type: Article

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