Improvement in thin cirrus retrievals using an emissivity-adjusted CO2 slicing algorithm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D17, 2002, Pages

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Menzel, W Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

cloud emissivity; modified CO2 slicing; surface emissivity; thin cirrus

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448983596     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001037     Document Type: Article

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