An improved algorithm for polar cloud-base detection by ceilometer over the ice sheets

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1153-1167

  Van Tricht, K ^a   Gorodetskaya, I V ^a   Lhermitte, S ^a,b   Turner, D D ^c   Schween, J H ^d   Van Lipzig, N P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUDSAT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; ICE SHEET; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; POLAR REGION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; PRINCESS ELIZABETH LAND; SUMMIT;

EID: 84900459092     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-1153-2014     Document Type: Article

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