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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-7235-2011
© Author(s) 2011. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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25 Jul 2011
Research article |
| 25 Jul 2011
A spectral method for retrieving cloud optical thickness and effective radius from surface-based transmittance measurements
P. J. McBride
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Campus Box 392, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0392, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 311, Boulder, CO 80309-0311, USA
K. S. Schmidt
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Campus Box 392, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0392, USA
P. Pilewskie
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Campus Box 392, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0392, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 311, Boulder, CO 80309-0311, USA
A. S. Kittelman
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 311, Boulder, CO 80309-0311, USA
D. E. Wolfe
NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Physical Science Division, Weather and Climate Physics Branch, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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