Comparison of model predicted low-level cloud parameters with satellite remote sensing observations during the BALTEX Bridge Campaigns

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 83-101

  Schröder, Marc ^a   van Lipzig, Nicole P M ^b   Ament, Felix ^c   Chaboureau, Jean Pierre ^d   Crewell, Susanne ^b   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Matthias, Volker ^e   van Meijgaard, Erik ^f   Walther, Andi ^a   Willén, Ulrika ^g  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^g SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate models; Non hydrostatic models; Patchiness; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER (MODIS); NON-HYDROSTATIC MODELS; PATCHINESS PARAMETERS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODIS; PATCHINESS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33749124929     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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