Remote sensing of cirrus cloud vertical size profile using MODIS data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Xingjuan ^a   Liou, K N ^a   Ou, Steve S C ^a   Mace, G G ^b   Deng, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD PRODUCTS; CLOUD PROFILING RADARS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD WATER; CLOUDSAT; EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; EFFECTIVE SIZE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROUND BASED; ICE CRYSTALS; INPUT PARAMETER; INSTRUMENT NOISE; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH CLOUD RADARS; MINIMIZATION METHODS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTHEAST ASIA; RADAR REMOTE SENSING; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL METHODS; SIZING ALGORITHMS; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; THERMAL EMISSIONS; VERTICAL SIZE;

CLOUDS;

ALGORITHM; CIRRUS; MODIS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68249104959     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011327     Document Type: Article

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