Evaluation of clouds in access using the satellite simulator package cosp: Global, seasonal, and regional cloud properties

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 732-748

  Franklin, Charmaine N ^a,b   Sun, Zhian ^b   Bi, Daohua ^a,b   Dix, Martin ^a,b   Yan, Hailin ^a,b   Bodas Salcedo, Alejandro ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET); FEEDBACK; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITE SIMULATORS; SCATTERING; TROPICS; WATER CONTENT;

CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; ICE WATER CONTENT; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; MID-LATITUDE STORMS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CALIPSO; CLOUD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84880915814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018469     Document Type: Article

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