Information content and uncertainties in thermodynamic profiles and liquid cloud properties retrieved from the ground-based Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI)

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 752-771

  Turner, D D ^a   LoHnert U ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Cloud retrieval; Infrared radiation; Remote sensing; Temperature; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; FORWARD SCATTERING; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIQUIDS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIANCE INTERFEROMETERS; BAYESIAN METHODS; CLOUD RETRIEVAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; ERROR COVARIANCE MATRIX; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SHANNON INFORMATION CONTENTS; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLOUD WATER; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETER; INTERFEROMETRY; MIXING RATIO; RADIANCE; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84896539369     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0126.1     Document Type: Article

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