Retrieval of macrophysical cloud parameters from MIPAS: Algorithm description

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 683-704

  Hurley, J ^a   Dudhia, A ^a   Grainger, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALIPSO; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ENVISAT-1; GEOMETRY; INTERFEROMETER; PARAMETERIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCATTERING; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

EID: 80053970494     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-683-2011     Document Type: Article

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