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Some Characteristics of the Albedo of Snow
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Spring snowcovers exhibit a substantial contribution of a specular component to their reflection of solar radiation. This anisotropy can be measured with radiometers with small aperture, here with a TIROS radiometer. ...
The Net Radiation Budget of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Ground and aircraft measurements of the shortwave and longwave radiative components were taken to derive the daily evolution of net radiation, and each of its components, during cloudless summer days in the St. Louis ...
MST Radar Observations of Gravity Waves and Turbulence near Thunderstorms
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The effect of deep convection on the intensities of gravity waves and turbulence during the summer at White Sands, New Mexico, is investigated using 50-MHz mesosphere?stratosphere?troposphere (MST) radar observations and ...