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3D Radiative Transfer in Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties

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  1. Climate and Radiation Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 913, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA

    Alexander Marshak

  2. Space and Remote Sensing Sciences Group (ISR-2), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA

    Anthony Davis

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Davies, R. (2005). 3D Radiative Transfer in Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties. In: Marshak, A., Davis, A. (eds) 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres. Physics of Earth and Space Environments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28519-9_11

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