A combined multisensor optimal estimation retrieval algorithm for oceanic warm rain clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2242-2256

  Rapp, Anita D ^a   Elsaesser, G ^b   Kummerow, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CHANGING TEMPERATURE; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; CLOUD PROCESS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD WATER; DEEP CONVECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; MULTI SENSOR; OPTIMAL ESTIMATION RETRIEVAL; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADIATION BUDGET; RETRIEVAL METHODS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; VISIBLE AND INFRARED SCANNERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVES; NATURAL CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN GAGES; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RADAR; RADIATION BUDGET; RAINWATER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 77649149746     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2156.1     Document Type: Article

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