Assessment of ISCCP cloudiness over the Tibetan Plateau using CloudSat-CALIPSO

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Naud, Catherine M ^a   Chen, Yong Hua ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RETRIEVAL; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; CLOUDSAT; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; MULTI-LAYER CLOUDS; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SINGLE LAYER; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CLOUDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALTITUDE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; ELEVATION; PLATEAU; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77953166619     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013053     Document Type: Article

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