Tropical ice cloud optical depth, ice water path, and frequency fields inferred from the MODIS level-3 data

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-182

  Meyer, Kerry ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Gao, Bo Cai ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency; Ice water path; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS); Optical depth; Tropical ice clouds

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ICE; SPECTROMETERS; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

ICE WATER PATH; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER; OPTICAL DEPTH; TROPICAL ICE CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

ABSORPTION; CIRRUS; DATA ACQUISITION; ICE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34347338809     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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