MLS and CALIOP cloud ice measurements in the upper troposphere: A constraint from microwave on cloud microphysics

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-165

  Wu, Dong L ^a   Lambert, Alyn ^b   Read, William G ^b   Eriksson, Patrick ^c   Gong, Jie ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD ICE MEASUREMENT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; ICE WATER CONTENT; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MICROWAVE TECHNIQUE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

BACKSCATTERING; OPTICAL RADAR; PHYSICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ICE;

BACKSCATTER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LIDAR; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; PERMITTIVITY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84892726517     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-041.1     Document Type: Article

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