Retrieval of ice cloud optical thickness and effective particle size using a fast infrared radiative transfer model

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2283-2297

  Wang, Chenxi ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Baum, Bryan A ^b   Platnick, Steven ^c   Heidinger, Andrew K ^d   Hu, Yongxiang ^e   Holz, Robert E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Cirrus clouds; Cloud retrieval

Indexed keywords

AQUA/MODIS; ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD PRODUCTS; CLOUD RETRIEVAL; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DISCRETE ORDINATE RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; FAST MODEL; ICE CLOUD PROPERTIES; ICE CLOUDS; ICE WATER PATHS; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; INFRARED RADIATIVE TRANSFER; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY; OPTICAL THICKNESS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; ICE; INFERENCE ENGINES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; INFRARED IMAGERY; INFRARED RADIATION; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84862929730     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-067.1     Document Type: Article

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