A method for comparing properties of cirrus clouds in global climate models with those retrieved from IR sounder satellite observations

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 577-589

  Hendricks, Johannes ^a   Falb, Andreas ^a,b   Stubenrauch, Claudia J ^c   Emde, Claudia ^a,d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Referat Organische Analytik   (Germany)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITES; SEARCH ENGINES; SIMULATORS;

ABSORPTION BAND; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CIRRUS PROPERTIES; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD PARTICLES; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD SYSTEMS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL SIMULATION; OPTICAL THICKNESS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SELECTION METHODS; SEMI-TRANSPARENT; SIMULATOR PACKAGE; SPECTRAL EMISSIVITY; TIME WINDOWS; ZONAL MEANS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CIRRUS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSIVITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 79959782747     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0484     Document Type: Article

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