EOS MLS cloud ice measurements and cloudy-sky radiative transfer model

A cloud ice retrieval technique is described here using measurements at frequencies near 118, 190, 240, and 640 GHz and 2.5 THz from the Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder on the NASA Aura satellite. Measurement principles, methods for cloud detection, and radiative transfer models for re...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing 2006-05, Vol.44 (5), p.1156-1165
Main Authors: Wu, D.L., Jiang, J.H., Davis, C.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric modeling
Clouds
Content based retrieval
Earth Observing System
Frequency measurement
Ice
Ice water content (IWC)
Information retrieval
limb sounding
Limbs
Mathematical models
microwave
Microwave measurements
Microwaves
Moisture content
Multilevel systems
Polarization
Radiance
Radiative transfer
satellite
Signatures
upper-tropospheric clouds
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Summary:A cloud ice retrieval technique is described here using measurements at frequencies near 118, 190, 240, and 640 GHz and 2.5 THz from the Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder on the NASA Aura satellite. Measurement principles, methods for cloud detection, and radiative transfer models for retrieving cloud properties are discussed. The 240-GHz data from high-tangent heights are used to retrieve ice water content at pressures
ISSN:0196-2892
1558-0644
DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2006.869994