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RISThe Influence of Sea Surface Temperature Gradients on Stratiform Cloudiness along the Equatorial Front in the Pacific Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Satellite observations of visible cloudiness and sea surface temperature (SST) are used to test the hypothesis that the configuration of cool low-level winds blowing across a sharp SST front in the equatorial eastern Pacific ...
Scene Radiance–Dependent Intersatellite Biases of HIRS Longwave Channels
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Measurements from the simultaneous nadir overpass (SNO) observations of the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) are examined. The SNOs are the measurements taken at the orbital intersections of each pair of ...
Building an Accessible, Integrated Earth Observing and Information System: The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project as a Pathfinder
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The current heterogeneity of the existing global collection of measuring assets, satellite and surface based, is a major obstacle to creating a truly integrated, globally uniform information system. Many surveys of Earth ...
Surface Air Temperature and Humidity from Intersatellite-Calibrated HIRS Measurements in High Latitudes
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: igh-latitude ocean surface air temperature and humidity derived from intersatellite-calibrated High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) measurements are examined. A neural network approach is used to develop ...
Analysis of Upper-Tropospheric Water Vapor Brightness Temperatures from SSM/T2, HIRS, and GMS-5 VISSR
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Satellite microwave and infrared instruments sensitive to upper-tropospheric water vapor (UTWV) are compared using both simulated and observed cloud-cleared brightness temperatures (Tb?s). To filter out cloudy scenes, a ...
A Climatology of the Water Vapor Band Brightness Temperatures from NOAA Operational Satellites
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Measurements of brightness temperature from the water vapor band channels of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar satellites from 1981 through 1988 are analyzed. Only clear and cloud-cleared measurements ...
Interannual Variability of Upper-Troposphere Water Vapor Band Brightness Temperature
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A method for the intercalibration of the high-resolution infrared sounder (HIRS) upper-tropospheric water vapor band brightness temperature data is developed and applied to data from 1981 to 1993. Analysis of the adjusted ...
Satellite and Skin-Layer Effects on the Accuracy of Sea Surface Temperature Measurements from the GOES Satellites
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have facilitated significant improvements in the ability to measure sea surface temperature (SST) from geostationary satellites. Nonetheless, difficulties ...
Sustained Production of Multidecadal Climate Records: Lessons from the NOAA Climate Data Record Program
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he key objective of the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) program is the sustained production of high-quality, multidecadal time series data describing the global atmosphere, oceans, and land surface that can be used for ...