CALIPSO/CALIOP cloud phase discrimination algorithm

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2293-2309

  Hu, Yongxiang ^a   Winker, David ^a   Vaughan, Mark ^a   Lin, Bing ^a   Omar, Ali ^a   Trepte, Charles ^a   Flittner, David ^a   Yang, Ping ^b   Nasiri, Shaima L ^b   Baum, Bryan ^c   Holz, Robert ^c   Sun, Wenbo ^d   Liu, Zhaoyan ^e   Wang, Zhien ^f   Young, Stuart ^g   Stamnes, Knut ^h   Huang, Jianping ⁱ   Kuehn, Ralph ⁱ  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; BACKSCATTERED LIGHT; CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; COLOR RATIOS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; FIELD OF VIEWS; ICE CLOUDS; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PARTICLES; MODELING STUDIES; ORIENTED CRYSTALS; ORIENTED PARTICLES; PHASE DETERMINATION; PHASE DISCRIMINATION; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; PHASE RETRIEVAL; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL COHERENCE; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; THRESHOLD METHODS; TWO-STEP PROCESS; VERTICAL VARIATION; WATER CLOUDS; WEAK CORRELATION;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; CRYSTALS; DEPOLARIZATION; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; WATER ANALYSIS;

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; LIDAR; POLARIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 73049096416     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1280.1     Document Type: Article

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