High-resolution (375 m) cloud microstructure as seen from the NPP/VIIRS satellite imager

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2479-2496

  Rosenfeld, D ^a   Liu, G ^b   Yu, X ^b   Zhu, Y ^b   Dai, J ^b   Xu, X ^b   Yue, Z ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Meteorological Institute of Shaanxi Province   (China)

^c Center of Weather Modification of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PIXEL; STRATOCUMULUS;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84896800750     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-2479-2014     Document Type: Article

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