Relationship between marine boundary layer clouds and lower tropospheric stability observed by AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIOP

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Yue, Qing ^a   Kahn, Brian H ^a   Fetzer, Eric J ^a   Teixeira, João ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

A-TRAIN; AIRS DATA; AIRS RETRIEVAL; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH REANALYSIS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; CLOUDSAT; DYNAMIC RANGE; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GLOBAL OCEAN; HIGH QUALITY; INVERSION STRENGTH; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; MODEL ANALYSIS; MULTI SENSOR; POSITIVE VALUE; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR PROFILE;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

AIRS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; CLOUDSAT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80053579766     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016136     Document Type: Article

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