Occurrence, liquid water content, and fraction of supercooled water clouds from combined CALIOP/IIR/MODIS measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Hu, Yongxiang ^a   Rodier, Sharon ^a   Xu, Kuan Man ^a   Sun, Wenbo ^a   Huang, Jianping ^a   Lin, Bing ^a   Zhai, Pengwang ^a   Josset, Damien ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; DEPOLARIZATION; LIQUIDS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SUPERCOOLING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

AVIATION HAZARDS; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; CLOUD HEIGHTS; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; CLOUD MODELS; CLOUD TEMPERATURE; CLOUD WATER; DEPOLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; EAST ASIA; GLOBAL STATISTICS; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; ICE CLOUDS; INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETERS; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID PHASE FRACTION; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; LIQUID WATER PATHS; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; MEAN VALUES; MICROPHYSICS; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; SUPERCOOLED WATER; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRACK REGIONS; WATER CLOUDS;

WATER CONTENT;

BACKSCATTER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; COOL WATER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER CONTENT;

EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77958185165     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012384     Document Type: Article

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