Retrieval of aerosol optical properties based on the spheroid model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 847-856

  Kobayashi, Eriko ^a   Uchiyama, Akihiro ^a   Yamazaki, Akihiro ^a   Kudo, Rei ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; MIE THEORY; MODELING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIOMETER;

EID: 78649393988     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-505     Document Type: Article

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