High-resolution and Monte Carlo additions to the SASKTRAN radiative transfer model

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2609-2623

  Zawada, D J ^a   Dueck, S R ^a   Rieger, L A ^a   Bourassa, A E ^a   Lloyd, N D ^a   Degenstein, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; INFRARED IMAGERY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTICAL METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84933545225     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-2609-2015     Document Type: Article

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