Effects of cloud horizontal inhomogeneity and drizzle on remote sensing of cloud droplet effective radius: Case studies based on large-eddy simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Zhibo ^a,b,c   Ackerman, Andrew S ^d   Feingold, Graham ^e   Platnick, Steven ^c   Pincus, Robert ^e,f   Xue, Huiwen ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Space Flight Center   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PIXELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL VARIABILITY; INHOMOGENEITIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NEGATIVE R; NET IMPACT; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EFFECTS; SUB PIXELS; TRANSFER COMPUTATION;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLOUD DROPLET; DRIZZLE; INHOMOGENEITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MODIS; PIXEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867536175     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017655     Document Type: Article

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