Tropical cloud and precipitation regimes as seen from near‐simultaneous TRMM, CloudSat, and CALIPSO observations and comparison with ISCCP

Luo, Zhengzhao Johnny; Anderson, Ricardo C.; Rossow, William B.; Takahashi, Hanii

doi:10.1002/2017jd026569

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Tropical cloud and precipitation regimes as seen from near‐simultaneous TRMM, CloudSat, and CALIPSO observations and comparison with ISCCP

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2017
By Luo, Zhengzhao Johnny ; Anderson, Ricardo C. ; Rossow, William B. ; ...

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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Luo, Zhengzhao Johnny ; Anderson, Ricardo C. ; Rossow, William B. ; Takahashi, Hanii
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CREST (Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies and Tech Center at City College of CUNY)
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Although Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and CloudSat/CALIPSO ﬂy in different orbits, they frequently cross each other so that for the period between 2006 and 2010, a total of 15,986intersect lines occurred within 20 min of each other from 30°S to 30°N, providing a rare opportunity to study tropical cloud and precipitation regimes and their internal vertical structure from near-simultaneous measurements by these active sensors. A k-means cluster analysis of TRMM and CloudSat matchups identi ﬁes three tropical cloud and precipitation regimes: the ﬁrst two regimes correspond to, respectively, organized deep convection with heavy rain and cirrus anvils with moderate rain; the third regime is a convectively suppressed regime that can be further divided into three subregimes, which correspond to, respectively,stratocumulus clouds with drizzle, cirrus overlying low clouds, and nonprecipitating cumulus. Inclusion of
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Atmospheric Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geophysics Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Space And Planetary Science
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(11), 5988-6003
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2017jd026569
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2169-897X ; 2169-8996
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