Cloud remote sensing using the backscatter glory
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Remote sensing of water cloud droplet size distributions using the backscatter glory: a case study B. Mayer, M. Schröder, R. Preusker, and L. Schüller Deutsches Zentrum für Luftand Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany Institut für Weltraumwissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker Weg 6–10, 12165 Berlin, Germany ESA, European Space & Technology Centre (ESTEC), Keplerlaan 1, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands Received: 4 March 2004 – Accepted: 8 April 2004 – Published: 4 May 2004 Correspondence to: Bernhard Mayer ([email protected])
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