Analysis and improvement of cloud models for brightness temperature simulations

2006 IEEE MicroRad Proceedings - 9th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications, MicroRad'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 296-301

  Basili, P ^a   Bonafoni, S ^a   Mattioli, V ^a,b   Ciotti, P ^b   Westwater, E R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CEILOMETERS; RADIOSOUNDINGS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 34250771470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MICRAD.2006.1677107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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