A multisensor perspective on the radiative impacts of clouds and aerosols

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 853-871

  Henderson, David S ^a   L'ecuyer, Tristan ^b   Stephens, Graeme ^c   Partain, Phil ^d   Sekiguchi, Miho ^e  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cloud radiative effects; Clouds; Radiation budgets; Radiative fluxes; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PRESCRIBED SURFACE TEMPERATURES; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FLUXES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUDSAT; LIDAR; MODIS; RADAR; RADIATION BUDGET; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84876789142     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-025.1     Document Type: Article

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