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Chowdhary et al. 2005

Chowdhary, J., B. Cairns, M.I. Mishchenko, and L.D. Travis, 2005: Using multi-angle multispectral photo-polarimetry of the NASA Glory mission to constrain optical properties of aerosols and clouds: results from four field experiments. In Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites IX, 20 Sep. 2005, Bruges, Belgium, Proc. SPIE, vol. 5978, p. 59780G, doi:10.1117/12.631201.

Tropospheric aerosols play a crucial role in climate and can cause a climate forcing directly by absorbing and reflecting sunlight, thereby cooling or heating the atmosphere, and indirectly by modifying cloud properties. The indirect aerosol effect may include increased cloud brightness, as aerosols lead to a larger number of smaller cloud droplets (the so-called Twomey effect), and increased cloud cover, as smaller droplets inhibit rainfall and increase cloud lifetime. Both forcings are poorly understood and may represent the largest source of uncertainty about future climate change. In this paper we present results from various field experiments demonstrating the contribution that the multi-angle multi-spectral photopolarimetric remote sensing measurements of the NASA Glory mission will make to the determination of the direct and indirect radiative effects of aerosols.

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BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{ch09010s,
  author={Chowdhary, J. and Cairns, B. and Mishchenko, M. I. and Travis, L. D.},
  title={Using multi-angle multispectral photo-polarimetry of the NASA Glory mission to constrain optical properties of aerosols and clouds: results from four field experiments},
  booktitle={Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites IX, 20 Sep. 2005, Bruges, Belgium},
  year={2005},
  volume={5978},
  pages={59780G},
  series={Proc. SPIE},
  doi={10.1117/12.631201},
}

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RIS Citation

TY  - CPAPER
ID  - ch09010s
AU  - Chowdhary, J.
AU  - Cairns, B.
AU  - Mishchenko, M. I.
AU  - Travis, L. D.
PY  - 2005
TI  - Using multi-angle multispectral photo-polarimetry of the NASA Glory mission to constrain optical properties of aerosols and clouds: results from four field experiments
BT  - Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites IX, 20 Sep. 2005, Bruges, Belgium
T3  - Proc. SPIE
VL  - 5978
SP  - 59780G
DO  - 10.1117/12.631201
ER  -

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