Statistical approaches to error identification for plane-parallel retrievals of optical and microphysical properties of three-dimensional clouds: Bayesian inference

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Gabriel, P ^a   Barker, H W ^b   O'Brien, D ^a   Ferlay, N ^c   Stephens, G L ^a  

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

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLOUDS; INFERENCE ENGINES; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CLOUD SYSTEM-RESOLVING MODELS; ERROR IDENTIFICATION; LIQUID WATER CLOUDS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MONTE CARLO; NON-PARAMETRIC BAYESIAN; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL DEPTH RETRIEVALS; PARALLEL RETRIEVAL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STRATIFORM CLOUDS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUDSAT; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 66449132575     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011005     Document Type: Article

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