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Radiation transfer in the atmosphere: scattering
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Mishchenko, M. Lacis, Andrew A. Travis, L. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Sunlight illuminating the Earth's atmosphere is scattered by gas molecules and suspended particles, giving rise to blue skies, white clouds, and optical displays such as rainbows and halos. By scattering and absorbing the shortwave solar radiation and the longwave radiation emitted by the underlying surface, cloud and aerosol particles strongly affect the radiation budget of the terrestrial climate system. As a consequence of the dependence of scattering characteristics on particle size, morphology, and composition, scattered light can be remarkably rich in information on particle properties and thus provides a sensitive tool for remote retrievals of macro- and microphysical parameters of clouds and aerosols. |
| File Size | 504930 |
| Page Count | 10 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150002131 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t11p33d5f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-09-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Atmosphere Aerosols Illuminating Radiative Transfer Climate Wave Scattering Far Fields Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
