View angle dependence of cloud optical thicknesses retrieved by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Várnai, Tamaás ^a,b   Marshak, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; DATA SET; HOMOGENEITY; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PIXEL;

EID: 34249734121     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006912     Document Type: Article

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