Abstract: A multispectral approach is used to optimize the identification of raining clouds located at a given altitude estimated from the cloud-top temperature. The approach combines information from five channels on the National ...

Abstract: A multispectral outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) estimation technique is applied to GOES Sounder data to study the diurnal cycle of OLR. OLR data collected from several regional areas over the continental United States ...

Abstract: The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) satellite estimates have approximately twice the magnitude of estimates produced from the rain gauges used by the GPCP in central equatorial Africa. Different possible ...

Abstract: In order to eventually use the capability of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Sounder to capture the diurnal signal of outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), it is necessary to establish its ...

Abstract: Downward surface solar irradiance and albedo of the African continent are estimated from Meteosat B2 data at 30-km spatial resolution. The algorithm, based on Dedieu et al.?s approach, is verified against other satellite ...

Abstract: The temporal and spatial variabilities of the surface radiation budget over the African continent are examined using Meteosat data acquired during 1983?88. Continental maps of land surface albedo, downward solar irradiance, ...

Abstract: A bias-adjusted radar rainfall product is created and used for evaluation of two satellite rainfall estimation algorithms. Three years of collocated rainfall estimates from radar, rain gauges, a microwave satellite algorithm, ...