A concept for a satellite mission to measure cloud ice water path, ice particle size, and cloud altitude

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 109-128

  Buehler, S A ^a   Jiménez, Carlos ^a   Evans, K F ^b   Eriksson, P ^c   Rydberg, Benryd ^c   Heymsfield, A J ^d   Stubenrauch, C J ^e   Lohmann, U ^f   Emde, C ^g   John, V O ^h   Sreerekha, T R ⁱ   Davis, C P ^j  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^f Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

ⁱ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

CIWSIR; Mission requirements; Submillimetre waves

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RADIOMETERS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD ALTITUDE; ICE PARTICLE SIZE; ICE WATER PATH;

CLOUDS;

ALTITUDE; CLOUD; ICE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 36949012257     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.143     Document Type: Article

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