NASA-langley web-based operational real-time cloud retrieval products from geostationary satellites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6408, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Palikonda, Rabindra ^a   Minnis, P ^b   Spangenberg, D A ^a   Khaiyer, M M ^a   Nordeen, M L ^a   Ayers, J K ^a   Nguyen, L ^b   Yi, Y ^a   Chan, P K ^a   Trepte, Q Z ^c   Chang, F L ^d   Smith Jr , W L ^b  

^a ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysical properties; FY2 C; GOES; MTSAT 1R; VISST

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; FY2-C; GOES; MTSAT-1R; ONLINE DATABASES; VISST;

CLOUDS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPACE RESEARCH;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 33846954774     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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