Comparison of WRF model-simulated and MODIS-derived cloud data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1957-1970

  Otkin, Jason A ^a,b   Greenwald, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PHYSICS; SPECTROMETERS;

CLOUD DATA; CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD TYPES; CLOUD WATER; CLOUD-TOP PRESSURE; EXTRA-TROPICAL CYCLONES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELING; MICROPHYSICS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRO-RADIOMETER; MODIS OBSERVATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; SIMULATED DATASETS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CYCLONE; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 49749132833     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2293.1     Document Type: Article

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