Assessing the radiative effects of global ice clouds based on CloudSat and CALIPSO measurements

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 7651-7674

  Hong, Yulan ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^a   Li, J L F ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrus clouds; Cloud radiative effects; Lidars Lidar observations; Radars Radar observations; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; COOLING; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; LIDARS/LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

ICE;

CALIPSO; CIRRUS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUDSAT; LIDAR; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84995388246     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0799.1     Document Type: Article

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