Effect of CALIPSO cloud-aerosol discrimination (CAD) confidence levels on observations of aerosol properties near clouds

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-141

  Yang, Weidong ^a   Marshak, Alexander ^b   Várnai, Tamás ^a   Liu, Zhaoyan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Backscatter enhancement; CALIPSO; Remote sensing; Transition zone; Twilight zone

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; CALIPSO; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD CONTAMINATION; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DATA SELECTION; HIGH CONFIDENCE; TO EFFECT; TRANSITION ZONES; TWILIGHT ZONE;

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; DATA REDUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; CALIPSO; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84865123811     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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