Influence of cloud-top height and geometric thickness on a MODIS infrared-based ice cloud retrieval

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 818-832

  Garrett, Kevin J ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Nasiri, Shaima L ^a   Yost, Christopher R ^b   Baum, Bryan A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD TEMPERATURE; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; DISCRETE ORDINATES; EFFECTIVE DIAMETER; EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; ICE CLOUD RETRIEVAL; ICE CLOUDS; INFRARED BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS; INFRARED RADIANCES; LOOK UP TABLE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPTICAL THICKNESS; OPTICAL THICKNESS VALUES; RESEARCH TOPICS; TEMPORAL SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; ICE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPECTROMETERS; TABLE LOOKUP;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; GEOMETRY; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67549117631     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1915.1     Document Type: Article

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