Model predicted low-level cloud parameters. Part I: Comparison with observations from the BALTEX Bridge Campaigns

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 55-82

  van Lipzig, Nicole P M ^a   Schröder, Marc ^b   Crewell, Susanne ^a   Ament, Felix ^c   Chaboureau, Jean Pierre ^d   Löhnert, Ulrich ^a   Matthias, Volker ^e   van Meijgaard, Erik ^f   Quante, Markus ^e   Willén, Ulrika ^g   Yen, Wenchieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (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

Ground based remote sensing; Model evaluation; Numerical weather prediction; Satellite remote sensing; Shallow water clouds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER; NON-HYDROSTATIC MODELS; SHALLOW WATER CLOUDS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD COVER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749155220     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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