Satellite retrieval of cloud overlap properties,parameterization, and its application in the models

Bida Jian1, Qi Chen2, Jiming Li1 and ZhanShan Ma3, (1)Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, (2)Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Beijing, China, (3)BNU Beijing Normal University, Numerical Weather Predication Center of China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China