Evaluation of cloudless-sky periods detected by shortwave and longwave algorithms using lidar measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Dupont, Jean Charles ^a   Haeffelin, Martial ^a   Long, Charles N ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONDENSED WATERS; HYDROPHILIC AEROSOLS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL THICKNESSES; PRECISE METHODS; SHORT WAVES; WIDE FIELD OF VIEWS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; CIRRUS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; FIELD OF VIEW; IRRADIANCE; LIDAR; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 58049120093     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033658     Document Type: Article

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