Subgrid-scale cirrus observed by lidar at mid-latitude: Variability effects of the cloud optical depth

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Keckhut, Philippe ^a   Perrin, Jean Marie ^a,b   Thuillier, Gérard ^a   Hoareau, Christophe ^a   Porteneuve, Jacques ^a   Montoux, Nadège ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE HAUTE PROVENCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cirrus; Cloud optical depth; Lidar; Subgrid variability

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CIRRUS; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIATIVE CALCULATIONS; SPATIAL FLUCTUATION; SUB-GRID VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84882671697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.7.073530     Document Type: Article

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