Impacts of subpixel cloud heterogeneity on infrared thermodynamic phase assessment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Kahn, Brian H ^a   Nasiri, Shaima L ^b   Schreier, Mathias M ^a,c   Baum, Bryan A ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Los Angeles   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; RATING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE CHANGE MODELING; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD HETEROGENEITY; CLOUD PRODUCTS; CLOUD VARIABILITY; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; FIELD OF VIEWS; GEOPHYSICAL PRODUCTS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSPECTRAL; ICE PHASE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PHASE SIGNATURE; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM TRACK; SUB PIXELS; TIME-PERIODS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HISTOGRAM;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

AIRS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; HETEROGENEITY; MODIS; PIXEL; THERMODYNAMICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80054820866     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015774     Document Type: Article

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