Development of a cloud-top height estimation method by geostationary satellite split-window measurements trained with cloudsat data

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2035-2049

  Hamada, Atsushi ^a   Nishi, Noriyuki ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDSAT; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; HEIGHT ESTIMATION; INFRARED BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; LOOK UP TABLE; OPTICAL THICKNESS; SATELLITE ZENITH ANGLES; SPLIT WINDOWS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TOP HEIGHT ESTIMATION; TROPOSPHERIC CLOUDS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS; TROPOSPHERE;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUDSAT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SPLIT WINDOW; TROPOSPHERE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 77954791223     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2287.1     Document Type: Article

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