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Overcast clouds determined by trmm measurements
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Lin, Bing Minnis, Patrick Wielicki, Bruce Hu, Yongxiang Ho, Shu-Peng |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Description | Using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Visible and Infra-Red Scanner (VIRS) and TRMM Microwave Radiometer (TMI) measurements, this study retrieves cloud optical depth (tau), liquid water path (LWP), and the frequency of co-occurrence of ice and water clouds based on radiative transfer models. Results show that LWP values for warm non-precipitating clouds are approximately 0.06mm and cold clouds have large ice water amount (approximately 0.1mm). The cloud systems with significant amounts of water below ice occur about 10 to approximately 20% of the time. |
| File Size | 217138 |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2000-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Microwave Radiometers Cloud Cover Trmm Satellite Radiative Transfer Infrared Scanners Optical Thickness Ice Clouds Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
