Abstract: The utility of the midafternoon satellite derived surface temperatures for detecting drought events is examined using the NOAA-9 AVHRR data over the U.S. Great Plains during 1986?88. The interannual differences in monthly ...

Abstract: This paper reviews satellite datasets from the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer that could be employed in support of numerical climate modeling at regional and global scales. Presently available NOAA operational ...

Abstract: Recently, a statistical procedure was proposed to analyze the angular effect in the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) brightness temperatures. The estimated empirical angular functions (EAF) over the ...

Abstract: The development of the El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in 1997?98, the most intense in this century, has been monitored by space? and ground?based observations. In this study, the authors present the signatures of ENSO ...

Abstract: In this study seven dust intrusion events were identified and analyzed in the central and eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea beginning August 1988 and ending September 1989. In order to locate their sources, characterize ...

Abstract: The seasonal variation of surface albedo is derived from NOAA-9 AVHRR observations of the US. Great Plains during the snow-free months of 1986 and 1987. Monthly albedo maps are constructed using a simple model-independent ...