Considering polarization in MODIS-based cloud property retrievals by using a vector radiative transfer code

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 540-548

  Yi, Bingqi ^a   Huang, Xin ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Baum, Bryan A ^b   Kattawar, George W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud property retrieval; MODIS; Polarization; Satellite observation; Vector radiative transfer model

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; TABLE LOOKUP;

CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER SATELLITES; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS;

ICE;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ICE THICKNESS; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84904728688     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2014.05.020     Document Type: Article

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