Observations of deep convectiva clouds as stable reflected light standard for climate research: AIRS evaluation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6684, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Aumann, Hartmut H ^a   Pagano, Tom ^a   Hofstadter, Mark ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Deep convective clouds; Global warming; Infrared; Visible light

Indexed keywords

DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS (DCC); INFRARED REGION; REFLECTED LIGHT CHANNELS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT CONVECTION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTIMIZATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 42149119687     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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