Airborne validation of cirrus cloud properties derived from CALIPSO lidar measurements: Optical properties

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Hlavka, Dennis L ^a,b   Yorks, John E ^a,b   Young, Stuart A ^c   Vaughan, Mark A ^d   Kuehn, Ralph E ^e   McGill, Matthew J ^b   Rodier, Sharon D ^a,d  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL LAYERS; AIRBORNE VALIDATION; CALIPSO; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD PHYSICS LIDAR; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR; DATA PRODUCTS; DATA SETS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; ICE CLOUDS; LASER REMOTE SENSING; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR RATIO; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CALIPSO; CIRRUS; CLOUDSAT; DATA SET; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; LIDAR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 84861147678     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017053     Document Type: Article

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