On the sensitivity of cloud effective radius retrieval based on spectral method to bi-modal droplet size distribution: A semi-analytical model

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-88

  Zhang, Zhibo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi modal; Cloud droplet size; Drizzle; Droplet size distribution; Imager; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BI-MODAL; CLOUD DROPLETS; DRIZZLE; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; IMAGER;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS; PHYSICS; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DROPS;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DRIZZLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84884280344     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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