Comparisons and analyses of aircraft and satellite observations for wintertime mixed-phase clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Noh, Yoo Jeong ^a   Seaman, Curtis J ^a,b   Haar, Thomas H Vonder ^a,b   Hudak, David R ^c   Rodriguez, Peter ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (Canada)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT EXHIBITIONS; AIRCRAFT MODELS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIQUIDS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUPERCOOLING;

AIRBORNE RADARS; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; CALIPSO; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUDSAT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; ICE WATER CONTENT; IN-SITU; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MICROPHYSICS; MIXED PHASE; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NUMERICAL MODELS; PROBE MEASUREMENTS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION ANALYSIS; SUPERCOOLED LIQUID WATER; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

CLOUDS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALGORITHM; CALIPSO; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD WATER; CLOUDSAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUPERCOOLING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 80053354241     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015420     Document Type: Article

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