Estimating the sensitivity of radiative impacts of shallow, broken marine clouds to boundary layer aerosol size distribution parameter uncertainties for evaluation of satellite retrieval requirements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 530-538

  Fridlind, Ann M ^a   Ackerman, Andrew S ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Clouds; Marine boundary layer; Radiative forcing; Satellite observation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MODEL REPRESENTATION; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; SATELLITE MISSION; SATELLITE OBSERVATION; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; RESEARCH; SATELLITES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79958750274     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1520.1     Document Type: Article

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