A feasibility study of cloud base height remote sensing by simulating ground-based thermal infrared brightness temperature measurements

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 354-363

  Zhang, Wen Xing ^a   Lü, Da Ren ^a   Chang, You Li ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloud; Cloud base height; Ground based remote sensing; Infrared brightness temperature; Radiative transfer code

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 34250736832     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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