A global view of horizontally oriented crystals in ice clouds from Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Noel, Vincent ^a   Chepfer, Helene ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CRYSTALS; ICE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CALIPSO; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; GLOBAL SCALE; GLOBAL VIEW; HIGHER LATITUDES; HORIZONTAL WINDS; ICE CLOUDS; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; MIDLATITUDES; OPTICAL SIGNATURES; ORIENTED CRYSTALS; PLANAR CRYSTAL; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

BACKSCATTER; CLOUD WATER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ICE CRYSTAL; LATITUDE; LIDAR; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; ORIENTATION; SATELLITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77953165702     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012365     Document Type: Article

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