Estimates of cloud vertical structure and water amount over tropical oceans using VIRS and TMI data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Ho, Shu Peng ^a   Lin, Bing ^b   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Fan, Tai Fang ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud; LWP; Overlapped cloud; TMI; VIRS

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 0742322857     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003298     Document Type: Article

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