The vertical distribution of thin features over the Arctic analysed from CALIPSO observations: Part I: Optically thin clouds

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-85

  Devasthale, Abhay ^a   Tjernström, Michael ^b   Karlsson, Karl Göran ^a   Thomas, Manu Anna ^c   Jones, Colin ^a   Sedlar, Joseph ^b   Omar, Ali H ^d  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CALIPSO; CLOUD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 78650936246     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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