Use of CALIPSO lidar observations to evaluate the cloudiness simulated by a climate model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Chepfer, H ^a   Bony, S ^a   Winker, D ^b   Chiriaco, M ^c   Dufresne, J L ^a   Seze G ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; SENSOR NETWORKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACTIVE SENSORS; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILING; BACKSCATTER LIDAR; CALIPSO; CLIMATE MODELLING; CLOUD FRACTION; LARGE-SCALE MODELLING; POW ERFUL TOOL; SPACE-BORNE; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SUB-GRID SCALE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURING;

CLOUDS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LIDAR; SIMULATOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 53749095724     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034207     Document Type: Article

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