Validation of MODIS cloud microphysical properties with in situ measurements over the Southeast Pacific
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constrained and consistent to reliably quantify the influence of aerosol loading on cloud droplet sizes. After constraining the spatial-temporal coincidence between satellite retrievals and in situ measurements, we selected 17 non-drizzle comparison pairs. For these cases the mean aircraft profiling times were within one hour of Terra overpass at both projected and un-projected (actual) aircraft positions for two different averag10
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Validation of MODIS cloud microphysical properties
Validation of MODIS cloud microphysical properties with in situ measurements over the Southeast Pacific Q. Min, E. Joseph, Y. Lin, L. Min, B. Yin, P. H. Daum, L. I. Kleinman, J. Wang, and Y.-N. Lee Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Howard University, Washington DC, USA Atmospheric Sciences Division, Br...
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