Relating satellite-observed cloud properties from MODIS to meteorological conditions for marine boundary layer clouds

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1374-1391

  Zhang, Guang J ^a   Vogelmann, Andrew M ^b   Jensen, Michael P ^b   Collins, William D ^c,d   Luke, Edward P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; CLOUD PROPERTIES; COLD AIR; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HARTMANN; LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVELS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NASA TERRA SATELLITE; NEAR-SURFACE; SINGLE PARAMETER; STATISTICAL APPROACH; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; THREE PARAMETERS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE MODELS; NASA; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

PARAMETERIZATION;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; DRIZZLE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; MODIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

ANGOLA; AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; PERU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953669025     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2897.1     Document Type: Article

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