Effect of the inhomogeneity of ice crystals on retrieving ice cloud optical thickness and effective particle size

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Xie, Yu ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Kattawar, George W ^b   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Hu, Yong X ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CRYSTALS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFLECTION; TABLE LOOKUP;

AIR BUBBLES; ASYMMETRY FACTOR; BUBBLE VOLUME; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; HEXAGONAL ICE CRYSTAL; ICE CLOUDS; ICE CRYSTALS; INHOMOGENEITIES; LOOK UP TABLE; PHASE FUNCTIONS; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; SINGLE SCATTERING;

ICE;

AIR BUBBLE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ICE CRYSTAL; INHOMOGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RAY TRACING; REFLECTANCE;

EID: 68749083395     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011216     Document Type: Article

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