Remote sensing the vertical profile of cloud droplet effective radius, thermodynamic phase, and temperature

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 9485-9501

  Martins, J V ^a,b   Marshak, A ^b   Remer, L A ^b   Rosenfeld, D ^c   Kaufman, Y J ^b   Fernandez Borda, R ^a,b   Koren, I ^d   Correia, A L ^f   Zubko, V ^e   Artaxo, P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMODYNAMICS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 80052872030     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9485-2011     Document Type: Article

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