The vertical profile of liquid and ice water content in midlatitude mixed-phase altocumulus clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2487-2495

  Carey, Lawrence D ^a   Niu, Jianguo ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Kankiewicz, J Adam ^b   Larson, Vincent E ^c   Vonder Haar, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ICE; REMOTE SENSING; SUPERCOOLING;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BELOW CLOUDS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE WATER CONTENTS; IN-SITU; LIQUID WATER CONTENTS; LIQUID WATERS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MICROPHYSICAL STRUCTURES; PARTICLE MASSES; PHASE CONDITIONS; POTENTIAL ERRORS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; VERTICAL PROFILES;

WATER CONTENT;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DROPLET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ICE CRYSTAL; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC;

EID: 57649227382     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1885.1     Document Type: Article

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