A study on the low-altitude clouds over the Southern Ocean using the DARDAR-MASK

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Yi ^a   Siems, Steven T ^a   Manton, Michael J ^a   Protat, Alain ^b   Delanoë, Julien ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; BUDGET CONTROL;

A-TRAIN; AUSTRAL WINTER; CALIPSO; CLOUD PROFILING RADAR; CLOUDSAT; DATA PRODUCTS; FLOWTHROUGH; LIDAR SIGNALS; LOW-ALTITUDE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUPERCOOLED LIQUID WATER; TEMPERATURE RANGE; WATER BUDGET; DARDAR-MASK; MODIS; SO;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; ENERGY BUDGET; LIDAR; MODIS; SUPERCOOLING; TEMPORAL PERIOD; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER BUDGET; A-TRAIN; CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE DATA; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84866977717     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017800     Document Type: Article

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