Overview of CERES cloud properties derived from virs and modis data

12th Conference on Cloud Physics, and 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Minnis, Patrick ^a   Geier, Erika ^a   Wielicki, Bruce A ^a   Sun Mack, Sunny ^b   Chen, Yan ^b   Trepte, Qing Z ^b   Dong, Xiquan ^c   Doelling, David R ^d   Ayers, J Kirk ^d   Khaiyer, Mandana M ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d AS and M   (United States)

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