Radiative transfer simulations using mesoscale cloud model outputs: Comparisons with passive microwave and infrared satellite observations for midlatitudes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1550-1568

  Meirold Mautner, Ingo ^a   Prigent, Catherine ^a   Defer, Eric ^a   Pardo, Juan R ^b   Chaboureau, Jean Pierre ^c   Pinty, Jean Pierre ^c   Mech, Mario ^d   Crewell, Susanne ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; MICROWAVES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION AT MICROWAVE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; SNOW SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; METEOSAT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250026700     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3896.1     Document Type: Article

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