Satellite remote sensing of blowing snow properties over Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Palm, Stephen P ^b   Yang, Yuekui ^d   Spinhirne, James D ^c   Marshak, Alexander ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANTARCTICA; BLOWING SNOW; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; EAST ANTARCTICA; KATABATIC WINDS; LAYER THICKNESS; LIDAR DATA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; MULTI-CHANNEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE-BASED; TEMPORAL FREQUENCY;

SNOW;

BLOWING SNOW; CALIPSO; KATABATIC FLOW; LIDAR; MASS TRANSPORT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 80052309692     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015828     Document Type: Article

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