A measurement of the albedo of thick cirrus clouds at 3.9 microns

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 29; no. 10; pp. 9 - 1 to 9-3
• Main Author: Kidder, S Q
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 15.05.2002

Cirrus (ice) clouds are often semitransparent (transmittance greater than zero, but less than one), which makes it difficult to measure fundamental cloud properties, such as albedo. This paper explores a way to measure the albedo of thick cirrus clouds (zero transmittance) at 3.9 microns using GOES...