Retrieving cloud geometrical extents from MIPAS/ENVISAT measurements with a 2-D tomographic approach

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 20704-20721

  Castelli, E ^a   Dinelli, B M ^a   Carlotti, M ^b   Arnone, E ^c   Papandrea, E ^c   Ridolfi, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; BROAD SPECTRAL; CLOUD EFFECTS; CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR; CRITICAL FACTORS; ENVISAT SATELLITE; FIELD OF VIEWS; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; LINE OF SIGHT; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER FOR PASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; MIPAS/ENVISAT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; RETRIEVAL MODELS; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE ORBIT; TOMOGRAPHIC; TRACE-GASES; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CLOUDS;

EID: 80053985950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020704     Document Type: Article

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