Evaluation of a statistical model of cloud vertical structure using combined CloudSat and CALIPSO cloud layer profiles

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6641-6653

  Rossow, William B ^a   Zhang, Yuanchong ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD RADAR; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; CLOUD TYPES; CLOUD VERTICAL STRUCTURE; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUDSAT; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; MIDLATITUDE OCEAN; OPTICAL THICKNESS; POLAR REGIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOSONDE HUMIDITY PROFILES; SPATIAL SCALE; STATISTICAL MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; PIXELS; SATELLITES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79251566176     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3734.1     Document Type: Article

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