The airborne Cloud-Aerosol transport system: Overview and description of the instrument and retrieval algorithms

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2482-2497

  Yorks, John E ^a,b   McGill, Matthew J ^c   Scott, V Stanley ^c   Wake, Shane W ^c   Kupchock, Andrew ^a   Hlavka, Dennis L ^a   Hart, William D ^a   Selmer, Patrick A ^a  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Cloud retrieval; Cloud tracking cloud motion winds; Instrumentation sensors; Lidars Lidar observations; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; NASA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; PRODUCT DESIGN; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE STATIONS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TRANSPORTATION;

CLOUD RETRIEVAL; CLOUD TRACKING; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION LIDARS; HIGH-ALTITUDE AIRCRAFTS; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LIDARS/LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; DOPPLER LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84911471098     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00044.1     Document Type: Article

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