Diagnosis of multilayer clouds using photon path length distributions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Li, Siwei ^a   Min, Qilong ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD RADAR; CLOUD STRUCTURE; CO-LOCATED; DETECTION METHODS; LOW LEVEL; MULTI-LAYER CLOUDS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTON PATH LENGTH; SHADOWBAND; SINGLE LAYER; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS;

PHOTONS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPECTROMETER; ZENITH ANGLE;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 77958528433     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013774     Document Type: Article

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