Critical evaluation of the ISCCP simulator using ground-based remote sensing data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1598-1612

  Mace, Gerald G ^a   Houser, Stephanie ^a   Benson, Sally ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^b   Min, Qilong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Clouds; Optical properties; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CLIMATE RESEARCH; CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; CRITICAL EVALUATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED SENSORS; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; MODEL OUTPUTS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REMOTE SENSORS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SATELLITE SENSORS; SIMULTANEOUS USE; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; SUB PIXELS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATORS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 79955148232     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3517.1     Document Type: Article

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