Capability of multi-viewing-angle photo-polarimetric measurements for the simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and cloud properties

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 839-851

  Hasekamp, O P ^a  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; POLARIZATION; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 79952465336     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-839-2010     Document Type: Article

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