Cloud features detected by MODIS but not by CloudSat and CALIOP

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Chan, Mark Aaron ^a,b   Comiso, Josefino C ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CLOUDSAT; GLOBAL CLOUDS; LAYER THICKNESS; LIMITED SENSITIVITY; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84855366628     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050063     Document Type: Article

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