The evaluation of CloudSat and CALIPSO ice microphysical products using ground-based cloud radar and lidar observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 793-810

  Protat, A ^a,b   Delanoe J ^c   O'Connor, E J ^c   L'Ecuyer, T S ^d  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud retrieval; Lidar observations; Microscale processes; Radar observations; Surface observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ICE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; SPACE-BASED RADAR; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS; WATER CONTENT;

CLOUD RETRIEVAL; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MICRO-SCALE; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE OBSERVATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; CALIPSO; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUDSAT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 77955528117     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1397.1     Document Type: Article

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