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The Earthcare Satellite: The Next Step Forward in Global Measurements of...
Illingworth, A. J., H. W. Barker, A. Beljaars, M. Ceccaldi, H. Chepfer, N. Clerbaux, J. Cole, J. Delanoë, C. Domenech, D. P. Donovan, S. Fukuda, M. Hirakata, R. J. Hogan, A. Huenerbein, P. Kollias, T. Kubota, T. Nakajima, T. Y. Nakajima, T. Nishizawa, Y. Ohno, H. Okamoto, R. Oki, K. Sato, M. Satoh, M. W. Shephard, A. Velázquez-Blázquez, U. Wandinger, T. Wehr, and G. van Zadelhoff (2015), The Earthcare Satellite: The Next Step Forward in Global Measurements of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Radiation, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1311-1332, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00227.1.
Abstract:
EarthCARE, a joint ESA–JAXA satellite to be launched in 2018, will provide global profiles of clouds, aerosols, and precipitation properties together with derived radiative fluxes and heating rates.
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Mission:
CloudSat