Assessment of MODIS cloud effective radius and optical thickness retrievals over the Southeast Pacific with VOCALS-REx in situ measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Painemal, David ^a,b   Zuidema, Paquita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DROPS; LIQUIDS; PROBES; RADIOMETERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSOLUTE ERROR; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS; CLOUD VERTICAL STRUCTURE; DATA SAMPLE; DROP DIAMETERS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DROPLET SIZES; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LEVEL 2; LIQUID WATER PATHS; OPTICAL THICKNESS RETRIEVAL; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VIEWING ANGLE; WATER-VAPOR ABSORPTION;

WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DRIZZLE; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); PERU-CHILE TRENCH;

EID: 84855427657     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016155     Document Type: Article

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