4-D cloud water content fields derived from operational satellite data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 308-311

  Smith Jr , William L ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^a   Benjamin, Stanley G ^b   Weygandt, Stephen S ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; REMOTE SENSING;

CLOUD ANALYSIS; CLOUD PARAMETERS; CLOUDSAT; SATELLITE DATA; SHAPE FACTOR; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; WORK IN PROGRESS;

TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78650916651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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