Simulations of Infrared Radiances over a Deep Convective Cloud System Observed during TC4: Potential for Enhancing Nocturnal Ice Cloud Retrievals

Minnis, P., G. Hong, K. Ayers, W.L. Smith, C.R. Yost, A.J. HEYMSFIELD, G.M. Heymsfield, D.L. Hlavka, M.D. King, E.M. Korn, M. McGill, H.B. Selkirk, A.M. Thompson, L. Tian, and P. Yang (2012), Simulations of Infrared Radiances over a Deep Convective Cloud System Observed during TC4: Potential for Enhancing Nocturnal Ice Cloud Retrievals, Remote Sens., 4, 3022-3054, doi:10.3390/rs4103022.
Abstract

Retrievals of ice cloud properties using infrared measurements at 3.7, 6.7, 7.3, 8.5, 10.8, and 12.0 μm can provide consistent results regardless of solar illumination, but

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