Open AccessRetrieval of Cloud Properties and Direct Testing of Cloud and Radiation Parameterizations Using ARM Observations
Author(s) -
Stewart G. Cober,
Howard Barker
Publication year - 2009
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1025003
Subject(s) - cloud cover , cloud computing , radiation , environmental science , international satellite cloud climatology project , gcm transcription factors , cloud top , cloud fraction , meteorology , radiative transfer , atmospheric sciences , physics , computer science , climate change , geology , optics , general circulation model , oceanography , operating system
The problems addressed by this work include cloud optical depth retrieval from satellite and surface data and 3D radiative transfer in dynamical models