SMILES ice cloud products

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6468-6477

  Millan L ^a   Read, W ^a   Kasai, Y ^b   Lambert, A ^a   Livesey, N ^a   Mendrok, J ^b,c   Sagawa, H ^b   Sano, T ^d   Shiotani, M ^e   Wu, D L ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IWC; pIWP; retrievals; SMILES

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; IWC; PIWP; RETRIEVALS; SMILES; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPORS;

ICE;

CALIPSO; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; OPEN OCEAN; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84880888147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50322     Document Type: Article

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