Abstract: Daily 50- and 10-mb. height and temperature values for 3 yr. (1964?1966) are interpolated for specific locations from objectively analyzed charts. Time sections are constructed using these values, and the relationship of ...

Abstract: The direct use of measured radiances for determining the thickness of stratospheric layers is investigated. We hypothesize that the equivalent blackbody temperature, weighted according to the transmittance weighting functions ...

Abstract: This paper describes a statistical regression technique for specifying the vertical temperature profile above 10 mb from satellite radiances simulated for the Satellite Infrared Spectrometer B (SIRS B) instrument when the ...

Abstract: Individual monthly mean general circulation statistics for the Northern Hemisphere winters of 1978?79, 1979?80, 1980?81, and 1981?82 are examined for the altitude region from the earth's surface to 55 km. Substantial ...

Abstract: Monthly mean Northern Hemisphere general circulation statistics are presented for the four-year average December, January and February months of the winters 1978?79 through 1981?82. These calculations start with daily maps ...

Abstract: Two indices are proposed that characterize and quantify the circulation and temperature fields at stratospheric constant-pressure levels. The circulation index is calculated at 60° N. latitude as a normalized difference ...

Abstract: and Contributions from 23 additional Workshop participants The Workshop to Improve the Usefulness of Operational Radiosonde Data was held at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, North Carolina, from ...

Abstract: The usefulness of Nimbus 4 satellite infrared spectrometer (SIRS)-derived temperature and height data for constant-pressure analyses at stratospheric levels is investigated by comparing SIRS data with rawinsonde observations ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a feasibility study to evaluate a method for the use of satellite measurements as a transfer standard to determine temperature biases between radiosonde types. The method was evaluated ...

Abstract: Under the auspices of the Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation of the World Meteorological Organization, meteorological rocketsonde intercomparisons took place at Wallops Island in March 1972 and at the ...