Cloud particle phase determination with the AVHRR

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1797-1804

  Key, Jeffrey R ^a,c   Intrieri, Janet M ^b  

^a NOAA National Environmental Satellite   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA NES DIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0034518104     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-39.10.1797     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Alvarez, R. J., II, W. L. Eberhard, J. M. Intrieri, C. J. Gsund, and S. P. Sandberg, 1998: A depolarization and backscatter lidar for unattended operation in varied meteorological conditions. Proc., 10th Symp. on Meteor. Observations and Instrumentation, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 140-144.
2. Arking, A., and J. D. Childs, 1985: Retrieval of cloud cover parameters from multispectral satellite images. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 24, 322-333.
3. Baum, B. A., R. F. Arduini, B. A. Wielicki, P. Minnis, and S.-C. Tsay, 1994: Multilevel cloud retrieval using multispectral HIRS and AVHRR data: Nighttime oceanic analysis. J. Geophys. Res., 99(D3), 5499-5514.
4. Curry, J. A., J. O. Pinto, T. Benner, and M. Tschudi, 1997: Evolution of the cloudy boundary layer during the autumnal freezing of the Beaufort Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 102(D12), 13 851-13 960.
5. Giraud, V., J. C. Buriez, Y. Fouquart, and F. Parol, 1997: Large-scale analysis of cirrus clouds from AVHRR data: Assessment of both a microphysical index and the cloud-top temperature. J. Appl. Meteor., 36, 664-675.
6. Heymsfield, A. J., L. M. Miloshevich, A. Slingo, K. Sassen, and D. O'C. Starr, 1991: An observational and theoretical study of highly supercooled altocumulus. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 923-945.
7. Hutchison, K. D., B. J. Etherton, and P. C. Topping, 1997a: Validation of automated cloud top phase algorithms: Distinguishing between cirrus clouds and snow in a priori analyses of AVHRR imagery. Opt. Eng., 36, 1727-1737.
8. _, _, _, and H. L. Huang, 1997b: Cloud top phase determination from the fusion of signatures in daytime AVHRR imagery and HIRS data. Int. J. Remote Sens., 18, 3245-3262.
9. Intrieri, J. M., C. W. Fairall, and B. J. McCarty, 1999: Lidar-derived Arctic cloud properties and radiation measurements during the polar winter season at SHEBA. Proc. of the Fifth Conf. on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 154-157.
10. Key, J., 1999: The Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval (CASPR) System for Polar AVHRR. CIMMS, University of Wisconsin, 59 pp.
11. _, and A. J. Schweiger, 1998: Tools for atmospheric radiative transfer: Streamer and FluxNet. Comput. & Geosci., 24, 443-451.
12. Moritz, R. E., J. A. Curry, N. Untersteiner, and A. S. Thorndike, 1993: Prospectus: Surface heat budget of the Arctic Ocean. NFSF-ARCSS OAII Tech. Rep. 3, 33 pp. [Available from the SHEBA Project Office, Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105.]
13. Rossow, W. B., A. W. Walker, D. E. Beuschel, and M. D. Roiter, 1996: International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Documentation of New Cloud Datasets. World Meteor. Org., 115 pp.
14. Sassen, K., 1991: The polarization lidar technique for cloud research: A review and current assessment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 72, 1848-1866.
15. Slingo, A., and H. M. Schrecker, 1982: On the shortwave radiative properties of stratiform water clouds. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 108, 407-426.
16. Stone, R. S., G. L. Stephens, C. M. R. Platt, and S. Banks, 1990: The remote sensing of thin cirrus cloud using satellites, lidar, and radiative transfer theory. J. Appl. Meteor., 28, 353-366.
17. Strabala, K. I., S. A. Ackerman, and W. P. Menzel, 1994: Cloud properties inferred from 8-12-μm data. J. Appl. Meteor., 33, 212-229.
18. Yamanouchi, T., K. Suzuki, and S. Kawaguchi, 1987: Detection of clouds in Antarctica from infrared multispectral data of AVHRR. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 65, 949-961.