Simulation of high-spectral-resolution infrared signature of overlapping cirrus clouds and mineral dust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Hong, Gang ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Huang, Hung Lung ^b   Ackerman, Steven A ^b   Sokolik, Irina N ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; HIGH-SPECTRAL-RESOLUTION INFRARED SIGNATURE; MINERAL DUST; OPTICAL THICKNESS;

INFRARED RADIATION;

AEROSOL; CIRRUS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 33645651431     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024381     Document Type: Article

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