Ice-cloud particle habit classification using principal components

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Lindqvist, H ^a   Muinonen, K ^a,b   Nousiainen, T ^a   Um, J ^c   McFarquhar, G M ^c   Haapanala, P ^a   Makkonen, R ^a   Hakkarainen, H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DATA HANDLING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC ICE; AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; CLOUD PARTICLES; FLUX DIFFERENCE; IMAGE DATA; MANUAL CLASSIFICATION; MIDLATITUDES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; SHAPE DISTRIBUTION; SHORTWAVE RADIATIVE FLUX; STATISTICAL FEATURES; TEST CASE; TRANSFER COMPUTATION;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ICE CRYSTAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 84865758182     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017573     Document Type: Article

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