Arctic cloud characteristics as derived from MODIS, CALIPSO, and cloudsat

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3285-3306

  Chan, Mark Aaron ^a,b   Comiso, Josefino C ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLOUD DETECTION; CLOUD PROFILING RADAR; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; INFRARED BANDS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE;

CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SENSORS;

RADIOMETERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; MODIS; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84878149325     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00204.1     Document Type: Article

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