Radiative heating characteristics of Earth's cloudy atmosphere from vertically resolved active sensors

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 624-630

  Haynes, John M ^a   Vonder Haar, Thomas H ^a,b   L'Ecuyer, Tristan ^c   Henderson, David ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

clouds; radar; radiative heating; remove sensing

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; HEAT RADIATION; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIANT HEATING; SENSORS; VAPORS;

AEROSOL INFORMATION; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RADIATIVE HEATING; REMOVE SENSING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WATER VAPOR DISTRIBUTION;

COOLING;

CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; COOLING; HEATING; LIDAR; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADAR; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84878207048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50145     Document Type: Article

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