Index
ABL,60
absorption
continuum, 181
differential, 224
molecular, 102
acoustic wind profiler, 230
ACSYS ,21
aerosols, 43
tropospheric, 31, 180
albedo
surface albedo, 16
algorithms, 528
AMI,464
AMIP, 4
angular distribution, 195
anomalous propagation echo, 312
antenna dish, 283
anthropogenic
perturbations, 31
ARGOS, 230
ASTEX,38
atmospheric circulation, 176
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM),
365
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, 49
atmospheric window, 104
AVHRR,478
Babinet
principle, 109
Backus-Gilbert
approach, 270
balance
radiative, 202
baroclinicity, 478
barotropic instability, 478
beam-filling, 13
Beer-Lambert
liw, 99
Bergeron-Findeisen
process, 265
biomass
burning, 43
blending height, 60, 407
Boltzmann
law, 106
boreal forests, 519
BOREAS, 24
boundary-layer, 294
Bowen-ratio, 421
Bragg
scatter, 470
brightness temperature, 463, 529, 557
deficits, 437
broadening
collision, 107
Doppler, 107
BSRN,16
buoyant parcels, 210
Businger-Dyer
formula, 67
C-band,465
carrier wave, 330
CERES, 553
CERSAT,465
cirrus canopies, 135
climate
climate change
regional, 37
feedback mechanisms, 152
climate system, 3, 41
Climsat , 52
clouds, 193
cover, 193
base height, 193
base location, 194
boundaries, 354
cirrus, 195
cloud liquid water path, 356
cumulus, 195
datasets, 193
drop size distribution, 359
forcing, 15, 46, 151
global cloudiness, 193