The Calipso Mission: A Global 3D View of Aerosols and Clouds

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1211-1229

  Winker, D M ^a   Pelon, J ^b   Coakley Jr , J A ^c   Ackerman, S A ^d   Charlson, R J ^e   Colarco, P R ^f   Flamant, P ^g   Fu, Q ^e   Hoff, R M ^h   Kittaka, C ⁱ   Kubar, T L ^j   Le Treut, H ^b   McCormick, M P ^k   Megie G ^b   Poole, L ⁱ   Powell, K ^a   Trepte, K ^a   Vaughan, M A ^a   Wielicki, B A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

ⁱ SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOLS AND CLOUDS; CALIPSO MISSION; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; EARTH'S CLIMATE; HUMID AIR; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; IN-CLOUD PROCESSING; PASSIVE SATELLITES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE HEATING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER CYCLE;

CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET);

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 78049321517     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010BAMS3009.1     Document Type: Article

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