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Minimizing Systematic Errors in Cloud Fraction Estimates from Spaceborne Cloud Radars
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In order to detect weakly reflecting clouds, radar pulse returns are often averaged over a considerable time to increase the probability of the sample volume being registered as cloudy. However, if the sample volume is ...
Assessment of Global Cloud Datasets from Satellites: Project and Database Initiated by the GEWEX Radiation Panel
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ver about 70% of Earth's surface and play a dominant role in the energy and water cycle of our planet. Only satellite observations provide a continuous survey of the state of the atmosphere over the entire globe and across ...
Rain in Shallow Cumulus Over the Ocean: The RICO Campaign
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Shallow, maritime cumuli are ubiquitous over much of the tropical oceans, and characterizing their properties is important to understanding weather and climate. The Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) field campaign, ...
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