Advances in extracting cloud composition information from spaceborne infrared radiances-a robust alternative to brightness temperatures. Part I: Theory

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1992-2012

  Pavolonis, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD COMPOSITION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA SPACE; EFFECTIVE ABSORPTION; HYPERSPECTRAL; INFRARED BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; INFRARED RADIANCES; LIQUID WATER; NARROW BANDS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYSICALLY BASED; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE REMOTE SENSING; RADIATIVE PARAMETERS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SPACE-BORNE; SPECTRAL EMISSIVITY; VERTICAL BOUNDARIES;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; PHYSICS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE;

PARTICLE SIZE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EMISSIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 77957740773     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2433.1     Document Type: Article

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