Remote sensing of cloud sides of deep convection: Towards a three-dimensional retrieval of cloud particle size profiles

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4741-4757

  Zinner, T ^a,b   Marshak, A ^a   Lang, S ^c   Martins, J V ^a,d   Mayer, B ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA SET; DATABASE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PIXEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 49749133944     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-4741-2008     Document Type: Article

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