Analysis of ice crystal habits derived from MISR and MODIS observations over the ARM Southern Great Plains site

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  McFarlane, Sally A ^a   Marchand, Roger T ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; SCATTERING; TABLE LOOKUP;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD DROPLET; ICE CRYSTAL; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 45749086091     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009191     Document Type: Article

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