Influence of Scattering Model and Effective Particle Radius on Cirrus Cloud Optical Thickness Retrieval

Shu Li; Xiaobing Sun; Rufang Ti; Honglian Huang; Zhenting Chen; Yanli Qiao

doi:10.3788/AOS201838.0701001

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