Frequency and morphology of tropical tropopause layer cirrus from CALIPSO observations: Are isolated cirrus different from those connected to deep convection?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Riihimaki, L D ^a   McFarlane, S A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL CONVECTION; OPTICAL RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIPSO; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; COLD POINT; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DEEP CONVECTION; FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCES; IN-SITU; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LOWER LIMITS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; THRESHOLD; TROPOPAUSE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957564559     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013133     Document Type: Article

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