Measurement and simulation of mid- and far-infrared spectra in the presence of cirrus

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 648, 2010, Pages 718-739

  Cox, C V ^a   Harries, J E ^a   Taylor, J P ^b   Green, P D ^a   Baran, A J ^b   Pickering, J C ^a   Last, A E ^a   Murray, J E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne measurements; Ice cloud; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; CONSISTENCY CHECKS; EVALUATION SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAR INFRARED; FAR INFRARED SPECTRUM; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; ICE CLOUDS; IN-SITU; INFRARED WINDOWS; MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION; MIDINFRARED; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODEL INPUTS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; WAVE NUMBERS;

CLOUDS; ICE; REMOTE SENSING;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIANCE; REMOTE SENSING; UPWELLING;

EID: 77953038708     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.596     Document Type: Article

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