Simultaneous evaluation of ice cloud microphysics and nonsphericity of the cloud optical properties using hydrometeor video sonde and radiometer sonde in situ observations

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6681-6701

  Seiki, Tatsuya ^a   Satoh, Masaki ^a,b   Tomita, Hirofumi ^a,c   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Center for Computational Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; NUCLEATION; RADIOMETERS; SCATTERING;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; ICE CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; SINGLE SCATTERING PROPERTIES;

ICE;

AEROSOL; ASYMMETRY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 84903288905     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021086     Document Type: Article

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