Retrieval of minor constituents in a cloudy atmosphere with remote-sensing millimetre-wave measurements

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 163-170

  Del Bianco, S ^a   Carli, B ^a   Cecchi Pestellini, C ^a,b   Dinelli, B M ^c   Gai, M ^a   Santurri, L ^a  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloud contamination; Limb sounding; MARSCHALS

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONTINUUM ABSORPTION MODEL; CLOUD CONTAMINATION; ICE CIRRUS CLOUDS; LIMB SOUNDING;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; CLIMATOLOGY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MODELING; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 36949034296     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.167     Document Type: Article

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