Ice cloud optical depth from MODIS cirrus reflectance

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 471-474

  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

Atmosphere; Cirrus clouds; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ICE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; REFLECTION;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS) OBSERVATIONS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 34547171066     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2007.897428     Document Type: Article

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