Comparison of microwave and optical cloud water path estimates from TMI, MODIS, and MISR

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Horváth, Ákos ^a,b   Davies, Roger ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; RAIN;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD WATER; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MODIS; OPTICAL METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 34547979810     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007101     Document Type: Article

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