Sensitivity of cloud liquid water content estimates to the temperature-dependent thermodynamic phase: A global study using cloudsat data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7297-7307

  Devasthale, Abhay ^a   Thomas, Manu Anna ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate models; Cloud parameterizations; Clouds; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; CLOUDSAT; DATA SETS; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; ICE FRACTION; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; MIDLATITUDES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL MEAN; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES; SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICS;

LIQUIDS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUDSAT; CONDENSATE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMODYNAMICS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER CONTENT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84867671533     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00521.1     Document Type: Article

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