Using passive remote sensing to retrieve the vertical variation of cloud droplet size in marine stratocumulus: An assessment of information content and the potential for improved retrievals from hyperspectral measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  King, N J ^a   Vaughan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DROPS; ESTIMATION; INFRARED DEVICES; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLOUD BASE; CLOUD DROPLETS; DROPLET SIZES; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSPECTRAL; HYPERSPECTRAL SENSORS; IN-SITU; INFORMATION CONTENTS; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MARINE STRATOCUMULUS; MODELING ERRORS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NEAR-INFRARED CHANNELS; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; PROFILING MEASUREMENTS; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; VERTICAL PROFILE RETRIEVAL; VERTICAL VARIATION; WAVELENGTH CHANNELS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLOUD DROPLET; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; STRATOCUMULUS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84865414231     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017896     Document Type: Article

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