A comparison of observations in the tropical western Pacific from ground-based and satellite millimeter-wavelength cloud radars

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Zheng ^a   Marchand, Roger ^a   Ackerman, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; REFLECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE STUDIES; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD RADAR; CLOUD STATISTICS; CLOUDSAT; GROUND BASED; GROUND-BASED DATA; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; MELTING LEVELS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SPACE-BORNE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

CLOUDS;

CLOUDSAT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 78650553518     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013575     Document Type: Article

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