Cloud liquid water path from satellite-based passive microwave observations: A new climatology over the global oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1721-1739

  O'Dell, Christopher W ^a   Wentz, Frank J ^b   Bennartz, Ralf ^c  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS); LIQUID WATER PATH (LWP); SATELLITE-BASED PASSIVE MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD WATER; DIURNAL VARIATION; EOS; GLOBAL OCEAN; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SSM-I; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 44449156776     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1958.1     Document Type: Article

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