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RISSatellite Estimates and Shipboard Observations of Downward Radiative Fluxes at the Ocean Surface
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Clouds and the Earth?s Radiant Energy System (CERES) uses a suite of instruments on the Terra and Aqua satellites combined with analyzed weather data and information on surface conditions to estimate surface radiative ...
Analytical Analysis of a Budyko-Type Climate Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: For a given value of the solar constant we have found that the Budyko-type climate model gives two positions for the edge of the polar ice sheet. The results of the Budyko model suggest that with a decrease in the solar ...
Towards the Objective Analysis of Clouds from Satellite Imagery Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: We present an objective analysis scheme for deriving cloud properties from satellite imagery data for oceanic regions. The scheme is based on the spatial coherence method. As this method is applicable only to simple layered ...
Inference of Marine Stratus Cloud Optical Depths from Satellite Measurements: Does 1D Theory Apply?
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The validity of plane-parallel (1D) radiative transfer theory for cloudy atmospheres is examined by directly comparing calculated and observed visible reflectances for one month of Global Area Coverage Advanced Very High ...
Relative Influence of Visible and Infrared Optical Properties of a Stratospheric Aerosol Layer on the Global Climate
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A simple radiative energy balance model has been developed to assess the impact of stratospheric aerosols on the global climate through their effect on the equilibrium global mean surface temperature. With the assumptions ...
Effects of Additional Particles on Already Polluted Marine Stratus
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he response of already polluted marine stratocumulus to additional particles was examined by studying the clouds where two ship tracks cross. Nearly 100 such crossings were collected and analyzed using Terra and Aqua ...
Comparison of Ceilometer, Satellite, and Synoptic Measurements of Boundary-Layer Cloudiness and the ECMWF Diagnostic Cloud Parameterization Scheme during ASTEX
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Cloud fraction is a widely used parameter for estimating the effects of boundary-layer cloud on radiative transfer. During the Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) during June 1992, ceilometer and satellite-based ...
Scientific Investigations Planned for the Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE)
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) is being developed by NASA/Langley Research Center for a series of flights on the space shuttle beginning in 1994. Employing a three-wave-length Nd:YAG laser and a 1-m-diameter ...
The Appearance and Disappearance of Ship Tracks on Large Spatial Scales
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The 1-km advanced very high resolution radiometer observations from the morning, NOAA-12, and afternoon, NOAA-11, satellite passes over the coast of California during June 1994 are used to determine the altitudes, visible ...