Evaluation of AIRS cloud-thermodynamic-phase determination with CALIPSO

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1012-1027

  Jin, Hongchun ^a,b   Nasiri, Shaima L ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ICE; INFRARED DEVICES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; MULTILAYERED CLOUDS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPECTRAL INFORMATION;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

AIRS; CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84892392766     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0137.1     Document Type: Article

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