Seasonal variations of Antarctic clouds observed by CloudSat and CALIPSO satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Adhikari, Loknath ^a   Wang, Zhien ^a   Deng, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CALIPSO; CLOUD MASKS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; CLOUDSAT; DATA SETS; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH QUALITY; ICE WATER CONTENT; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; MODEL SIMULATION; RADAR DATA; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; DATA SET; LIDAR; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84863129528     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016719     Document Type: Article

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