An effective radius retrieval for thick ice clouds using goes

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1222-1231

  Lindsey, Daniel T ^a   Grasso, Louie ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; ICE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SATELLITES;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; EFFECTIVE RADIUSES; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; ICE CLOUDS; ICE CRYSTALS; ORBITING SATELLITES; REAL TIMES; SATELLITE RETRIEVALS; SCATTERING CHARACTERISTICS; SCATTERING PROPERTIES; SHORT WAVES; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; UNITED STATES;

CLOUDS;

ALGORITHM; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MODIS; SATELLITE SENSOR; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 57649217277     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1612.1     Document Type: Article

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