Title :
A comparison between satellite and aircraft observations for wintertime non-precipitating mixed-phase clouds
Author :
Noh, Yoo-Jeong ; Seaman, Curtis ; Vonder Haar, Thomas H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Defense Center for Geosci., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
In this study, we analyze various satellite and in situ aircraft measurements of two mixed-phase cloud cases during an intensive field experiment (C3VP/CLEX-10) to better understand cloud microphysics and improve satellite retrievals.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; clouds; satellite tracking; cloud microphysics; comparative study; in situ aircraft measurements; nonprecipitating mixed-phase clouds; satellite observations; satellite retrieval; winter; Aircraft; Atmospheric measurements; Clouds; Ice; Optical sensors; Probes; Satellites; CloudSat; in situ aircraft measurements; mixed-phase cloud;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651062
