Climatology of drizzle in marine boundary layer clouds based on 1 year of data from CloudSat and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Leon, David C ^a   Wang, Zhien ^a   Liu, Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANE EFFECTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RADAR; SCANDIUM; TROPICS;

CALIPSO; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUDSAT; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; MIDLATITUDE; PRECIPITATION RATES; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUDSAT; DRIZZLE; LIDAR; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; REFLECTIVITY; STRATOCUMULUS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

EID: 66949167388     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009835     Document Type: Article

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