Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
E-ISSN： 2156-2202|90|D6|10551-10562
ISSN： 0148-0227
Source： Journal Of Geophysical Research, Vol.90, Iss.D6, 1985-10, pp. : 10551-10562
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Abstract
In order to develop the remote sensing techniques to infer cloud physical parameters, a multispectral cloud radiometer (MCR) was mounted on a NASA high‐altitude aircraft in conjunction with the Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment in 1981. The MCR has seven spectral channels, of which three are centered near windows associated with water vapor bands in the near infrared, two are centered near the oxygen A band at 0.76 μm, one is centered at the 1.14‐μm water vapor band, and one is centered in the thermal infrared. The reflectance and temperature measured on May 31, 1981, are presented together with theoretical calculations. The results indicate that the MCR produces quality measurements. Therefore several cloud parameters can be derived with good accuracy. The parameters are the cloud scaled optical thickness, cloud top pressure, volume scattering coefficient, particle thermodynamic phase, effective mean particle size, and cloud top temperature.
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