Estimating cirrus cloud properties from MIPAS data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Mendrok, J ^a,b   Schreier, Franz ^a   Höpfner, Michael ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CIRRUS CLOUD; CLOUD INTERFERENCE; CLOUD PROPERTIES; MID-INFRARED LIMB EMISSION SPECTRA;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250743076     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028246     Document Type: Article

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