Abstract: A total of 511 056 hourly observations of precipitation, sky cover, ceiling, visibility, wind speed and temperature, taken over a 13-year period at nine locations, were processed to obtain unconditional and two-location ...

Abstract: Hourly observations of precipitation, sky cover, ceiling, visibility, wind speed and temperature, taken over a 13-year period at Washington National Airport, Kennedy International Airport and Raleigh-Durham Airport, were ...

Abstract: Hourly observations of precipitation, sky cover, ceiling, visibility, wind speed and temperature, taken over a 13-year period at nine locations along the east coast of the United States, were processed to obtain unconditional ...

Abstract: A total of 511 056 hourly observations of precipitation, taken over a 13-year period at nine stations, were studied to obtain a better understanding of the characteristics of persistence, runs and recurrence. Each hourly ...

Abstract: A model for estimating the probability of obtaining a cloud-free field-of-view as a function of ground-observer-reported total sky cover is presented for earth-to-space viewing applications. The development of the model ...