Evaluation of single field-of-view cloud top height retrievals from hyperspectral infrared sounder radiances with CloudSat and CALIPSO measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9182-9190

  Yao, Zhigang ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Weisz, Elisabeth ^a   Heidinger, Andrew ^b   Liu, Chian Yi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Center for Satellite Applications and Research NESDIS/NOAA ^*  (United States)

^c Central University   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD PROFILING RADAR; CLOUD TOP HEIGHT RETRIEVAL; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ALGORITHMS; VARIATIONAL ALGORITHMS;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

ALGORITHM; CALIPSO; CLOUD; CLOUDSAT; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885146670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50681     Document Type: Article

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