Arctic clouds and surface radiation-a critical comparison of satellite retrievals and the ERA-interim reanalysis

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6667-6677

  Zygmuntowska, M ^a,b   Mauritsen, T ^a   Quaas, J ^a,c   Kaleschke, L ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; AVHRR; CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUDSAT; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 84864621488     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6667-2012     Document Type: Article

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