Estimation of the cirrus cloud scattering phase function from satellite observations

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-49

  Wang, Chenxi ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Dessler, Andrew ^a   Baum, Bryan A ^b   Hu, Yongxiang ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud phase function; Optical properties; Satellite observations; Thin cirrus clouds

Indexed keywords

ICE; INFRARED IMAGING; MIXTURES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR ABSORBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; CLOUD PHASE; EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; OPTICAL THICKNESS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SCATTERING PHASE FUNCTION; THIN CIRRUS;

CLOUDS;

AQUA (SATELLITE); CALIPSO; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84894449959     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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