Rossow 1989

Rossow, W.B., 1989: Measuring cloud properties from space: A review. J. Climate, 2, 201-213, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0201:MCPFSA>2.0.CO;2.

A brief review of observations of clouds using satellites highlights open issues and directions for future studies. The key one is improved treatment of the effects of small-scale spatial inhomogeneity in remote sensing data analysis and in the treatment of radiation in climate models, though studies and observations of the spectral dependence of cloud-radiation interactions are also limited. Significant progress in understanding the role of clouds in climate, especially regarding cloud-radiation budget relationships, is expected in the next several years because of an unprecedented suite of global and regional observation and analysis programs.

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Rossow, W.B.: Measuring cloud properties from space: A review, J. Climate, 2, 201-213, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0201:MCPFSA>2.0.CO;2, 1989.

Rossow, W.B. (1989), Measuring cloud properties from space: A review, J. Climate, 2, 201-213, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0201:MCPFSA>2.0.CO;2.

Rossow, W.B., 1989: Measuring cloud properties from space: A review. J. Climate, 2, 201-213, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0201:MCPFSA>2.0.CO;2.

Rossow, W.B. 1989, J. Climate, 2, 201, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0201:MCPFSA>2.0.CO;2.

Rossow WB. Measuring cloud properties from space: A review, J Climate 1989;2:201-213. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0201:MCPFSA>2.0.CO;2.

W.B. Rossow, J. Climate 2, 201-213, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0201:MCPFSA>2.0.CO;2 (1989).