Clear and cloudy sky investigations using Raman lidar and airborne interferometric measures from the European AQUA Thermodynamic Experiment

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 157-169

  Maestri, Tiziano ^a   Paolo, Di Girolamo ^b   Donato, Summa ^b   Rolando, Rizzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloud optical depth; Ice crystal; Infrared radiative transfer; Interferometry; Raman lidar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INTERFEROMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LUMINANCE; MIXTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORBITS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; ICE CRYSTALS; INFRARED RADIATIVE TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE; NATIONAL POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM; RAMAN LIDAR;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA SET; ICE CRYSTAL; INTERFEROMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEM; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 77953806546     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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