Bulk scattering properties for the remote sensing of ice clouds. Part III: High-resolution spectral models from 100 to 3250 cm-1

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-434

  Baum, Bryan A ^a,b   Yang, Ping ^c   Nasiri, Shaima ^c   Heidinger, Andrew K ^d   Heymsfield, Andrew ^e   Li, Jun ^f  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BULK SINGLE-SCATTERING MODELS; ICE-PARTICLE SCATTERING PROPERTIES; MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATABASE; INFRARED IMAGERY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MODIS; NSCAT; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 34249085270     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2473.1     Document Type: Article

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