Studying the vertical variation of cloud droplet effective radius using ship and space-borne remote sensing data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Ruiyue ^a   Wood, Robert ^b   Li, Zhanqing ^a   Ferraro, Ralph ^a,c   Chang, Fu Lung ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d Center for Satellite Applications and Research NESDIS NOAA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERICS; DROP FORMATION; LIQUIDS; NASA; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SPECTROMETERS; WATER CONTENT;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; DRIZZLE DROPS; EAST PACIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CLIMATES; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; LIQUID WATER; MARINE STRATOCUMULUS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; PRECIPITATION RADAR; PRECIPITATION RATES; SATELLITE DATA; SHIPBORNE; SPACEBORNE REMOTE SENSING; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL VARIATION;

CLOUDS;

ALBEDO; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD WATER; DRIZZLE; MODIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATOCUMULUS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 66949146159     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009596     Document Type: Article

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