Validation of satellite-based objective overshooting cloud-top detection methods using cloudsat cloud profiling radar observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1811-1822

  Bedka, Kristopher M ^a   Dworak, Richard ^b   Brunner, Jason ^b   Feltz, Wayne ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Convective storms; Microwave observations; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD PROFILING RADARS; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DETECTION METHODS; GEOSTATIONARY IMAGER DATA; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE-R; INFRARED WINDOW CHANNELS; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PROXY DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL SCALE;

ALGORITHMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; NASA; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEXTURES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; GOES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84868322501     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0131.1     Document Type: Article

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