Fast simulators for satellite cloud optical centroid pressure retrievals; evaluation of OMI cloud retrievals

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-545

  Joiner, J ^a   Vasilkov, A P ^b   Gupta, P ^c,g   Bhartia, P K ^a   Veefkind, P ^d   Sneep, M ^d   De Haan, J ^d   Polonsky, I ^e   Spurr, R ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; FIELD OF VIEW; LIDAR; MODIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OZONE; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACE GAS; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 84860480855     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-529-2012     Document Type: Article

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