Objective assessment of the information content of visible and infrared radiance measurements for cloud microphysical property retrievals over the global oceans. Part I: Liquid clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-41

  L'Ecuyer, Tristan S ^a   Gabriel, Philip ^a   Leesman, Kyle ^a   Cooper, Steven J ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INFORMATION THEORY; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; INFRARED RADIANCE MEASUREMENTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER;

CLOUDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; INFRARED RADIATION; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 33646562854     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2326.1     Document Type: Article

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