In situ and lidar observations of tropopause subvisible cirrus clouds during TC4

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Davis, Sean ^a,b   Hlavka, Dennis ^c   Jensen, Eric ^d   Rosenlof, Karen ^a   Yang, Qiong ^e   Schmidt, Sebastian ^b   Borrmann, Stephan ^f,g   Frey, Wiebke ^f   Lawson, Paul ^h   Voemel, Holger ⁱ   Bui, T P ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h Stratton Park Engineering Company Inc   (United States)

ⁱ DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS; HEATING; HEATING RATE; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING;

CALIPSO; CENTRAL AMERICA; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD PHYSICS LIDAR; DETECTION LIMITS; IN-SITU; LIDAR OBSERVATION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE HEATING; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SPACE-BASED; TRACE GAS MEASUREMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AIRCRAFT; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA SET; HEATING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TRACE GAS; TROPOPAUSE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

PACIFIC COAST [CENTRAL AMERICA];

SPRING VIREMIA OF CARP VIRUS;

EID: 77957575464     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013093     Document Type: Article

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