Cloud-fraction-dependent bias in satellite liquid water path retrievals of shallow, non-precipitating marine clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Horváth, Ákos ^a,b   Gentemann, Chelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; MICROWAVES; SPECTROMETERS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD FRACTION; MARINE CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 38949217045     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030625     Document Type: Article

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