On the angular radiance closure of tropical cumulus congestus clouds observed by the Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Zuidema, Paquita ^a   Davies, Roger ^b   Moroney, Catherine ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D radiative transfer; Cumulus congestus; MISR

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIXELS;

CUMULUS; IMAGING METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIANCE; REFLECTANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETER;

LAMBERTIA;

EID: 36549052516     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD003401     Document Type: Article

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