Comparison between active sensor and radiosonde cloud boundaries over the ARM Southern Great Plains site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Naud, Catherine M ^a   Muller, Jan Peter ^a   Clothiaux, Eugene E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; LIDAR; RADAR; RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642481039     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002887     Document Type: Article

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