Identifying multiple-scattering-affected profiles in CloudSat observations over the oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Battaglia, A ^a   Haynes, J M ^b   L'Ecuyer, T ^b   Simmer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE SCATTERING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PIXELS; RADAR SYSTEMS; REFLECTION;

ATTENUATION ,; ATTENUATION ESTIMATION; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUDSAT; CONVERGENCE ZONES; DATA SETS; GLOBAL OCEAN; GLOBAL STATISTICS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HIGHER ORDER; HIGHER-ORDER SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO; PROFILING RADAR; REFLECTIVITY PROFILES; SCATTERING APPROXIMATION; SECOND ORDERS; SINGLE SCATTERING; SURFACE REFERENCE TECHNIQUES; Z-PROFILE;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUDSAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PIXEL; RADAR IMAGERY; REFLECTIVITY; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 66949155712     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009960     Document Type: Article

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