Toward a quantitative characterization of heterogeneous ice formation with lidar/radar: Comparison of CALIPSO/CloudSat with ground-based observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4404-4408

  Buhl J ^a   Ansmann, A ^a   Seifert, P ^a   Baars, H ^a   Engelmann, R ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calipso; Cloudsat; Heterogenous Ice Formation; Lidar; Radar

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUDSAT; DETECTION THRESHOLD; GROUND-BASED LIDARS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; ICE FORMATIONS; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION;

CLOUDS; RADAR;

OPTICAL RADAR;

CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; HETEROGENEITY; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

EID: 84881640445     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50792     Document Type: Article

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