Accuracy of cloud liquid water path from ground-based microwave radiometry. 1. Dependency on cloud model statistics

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Löhnert, Ulrich ^a   Crewell, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud liquid water; Ground based remote sensing; Microwave radiometer; Sensor synergy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; GRADIENT METHODS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LIQUID WATER PATH; WATER CYCLES;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0041883488     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002654     Document Type: Article

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