Validation of IIR/CALIPSO level 1 measurements by comparison with collocated airborne observations during CIRCLE-2 and biscay '08 campaigns

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 653-667

  Sourdeval, Odran ^a   Brogniez, Gérard ^a   Pelon, Jacques ^b   Labonnote, Laurent C ^a   Dubuisson, Philippe ^a   Parol, Frédéric ^a   Josset, Damien ^b   Garnier, Anne ^b   Faivre, Michaë L ^b   Minikin, Andreas ^c  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CALIPSO; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLEAR AREA; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; GROUND SURFACES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INFRA-RED RADIOMETERS; INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETERS; LEVEL-1; LOW NOISE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL OBSERVATION; SPECTRAL CHANNELS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL INFRARED RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; EXPERIMENTS; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIPSO; CIRRUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; MODEL VALIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRANCE;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 84864520957     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00143.1     Document Type: Article

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