Separating aerosol microphysical effects and satellite measurement artifacts of the relationships between warm rain onset height and aerosol optical depth

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 7726-7736

  Zhu, Yannian ^a   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^b   Yu, Xing ^a   Li, Zhanqing ^c,d  

^a Meteorological Institute of Shaanxi Province   (China)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTIFACT; BACKSCATTER; CLOUD DROPLET; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; GEOMETRY; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84940460789     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023547     Document Type: Article

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