Assessment of uncertainty in cloud radiative effects and heating rates through retrieval algorithm differences: Analysis using 3 years of ARM data at Darwin, Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4549-4571

  Comstock, Jennifer M ^a   Protat, Alain ^b   McFarlane, Sally A ^a   Delanoë, Julien ^c   Deng, Min ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud radiative effect; Cloud radiative process; Ice cloud retrieval algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; HEAT RADIATION; HEATING RATE; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIANT HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; ICE CLOUD RETRIEVAL; RADIATIVE PROCESS; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; VERTICAL AIR VELOCITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; CIRRUS; CLOUD; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HEATING; ICE CRYSTAL; LIDAR; PROBABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84880320773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50404     Document Type: Article

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