Cloud phase identification of Arctic boundary-layer clouds from airborne spectral reflection measurements: Test of three approaches

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7493-7505

  Ehrlich, A ^a   Bierwirth, E ^a,e   Wendisch, M ^a   Gayet, J F ^b   Mioche, G ^b   Lampert, A ^c   Heintzenberg, J ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TESTING METHOD; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 58149280130     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-7493-2008     Document Type: Article

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