Open AccessBackscatter-to-Extinction Ratios in the Top Layers of Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems and in Isolated Cirrus from LITE Observations
Author(s) -
C. M. R. Platt,
David M. Winker,
Mark Vaughan,
Steven D. Miller
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied meteorology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1520-0450
pISSN - 0894-8763
DOI - 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1330:bterit>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - lidar , cirrus , backscatter (email) , typhoon , cloud height , mesoscale meteorology , cloud top , environmental science , remote sensing , geology , meteorology , cloud computing , physics , cloud cover , satellite , telecommunications , computer science , wireless , astronomy , operating system