Errors in cloud detection over the arctic using a satellite imager and implications for observing feedback mechanisms

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1894-1907

  Liu, Yinghui ^a   Ackerman, Steven A ^a   Maddux, Brent C ^a   Key, Jeffrey R ^b   Frey, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SENSOR; ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; ARCTIC SEA ICE; CALIPSO; CLIMATE TRENDS; CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DETECTION; CLOUD MASK PRODUCTS; CLOUD STRUCTURE; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR; CLOUDSAT; DATA SETS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; INFRARED SPECTRUM; LOW BIAS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPEN WATER; POLAR REGIONS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE ENERGY; SATELLITE IMAGER; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA-ICE COVER; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; TIME PERIODS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; ERRORS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

RADIOMETERS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; DETECTION METHOD; ENERGY BUDGET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INFRARED IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77953699014     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3386.1     Document Type: Article

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