On the radiative properties of ice clouds: Light scattering, remote sensing, and radiation parameterization

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-63

  Yang, Ping ^a   Liou, Kuo Nan ^b   Bi, Lei ^a   Liu, Chao ^a   Yi, Bingqi ^a   Baum, Bryan A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ice clouds; light scattering; radiative property parameterization; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913537558     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: 18619533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-014-0011-z     Document Type: Article

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