Exploration of the MODIS cloud-top property products for the investigation of equatorial wave systems

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2050-2057

  Li, Yue ^a   North, Gerald R ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Baum, Bryan A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUA MODIS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CIRRUS REFLECTANCE; CLOUD PRODUCTS; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; EQUATORIAL WAVES; HIGH ALTITUDE; HIGH RESOLUTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPTICAL THICKNESS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHASE SPEED; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WEALTH OF INFORMATION;

CLOUDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CIRRUS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; ROSSBY WAVE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957723990     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2425.1     Document Type: Article

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