Estimation of water cloud properties from satellite microwave, infrared and visible measurements in oceanic environments. 1. Microwave brightness temperature simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D4, 1998, Pages 3873-3886

  Lin, Bing ^a,b   Wielicki, Bruce ^b   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Rossow, William ^c  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD WATER; INFRARED; LIQUID WATER PATH; OCEAN; SSM/I; VISIBLE;

EID: 3543008292     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD02816     Document Type: Article

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