Global constraints on radiative properties of ice clouds using MODIS and POLDER measurements

Lead PI: Bastiaan Van Diedenhoven
Unit Affiliation: Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR)
March 2011 - March 2014
Inactive
Global ; New York City, NY
Project Type: Research

DESCRIPTION: The aim of this NASA funded work is to develop and evaluate a method to obtain new information about ice cloud optical properties related to ice crystal shapes from satellite and aircraft measurements.

OUTCOMES: A method to obtain information on cloud ice crystal shapes and optical properties was developed and evaluated using simulated airborne and satellite measurements.

SPONSOR: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
ORIGINATING SPONSOR: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
FUNDED AMOUNT: $277,152
PUBLICATIONS: https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/va04100j.html https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/va05100g.html https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/va06100c.html

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remote sensing atmospheric satellites climate ice clouds ice crystals

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Earth fundamentals

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