Abstract: An algorithm is developed to rapidly estimate cloud properties for a large area from daytime imager data. In this context, a large area refers to a grid cell composed of many imager pixels. The algorithm assumes a gamma ...

Abstract: his paper describes the daytime cloud optical and microphysical properties (DCOMP) retrieval for the Pathfinder Atmosphere?s Extended (PATMOS-x) climate dataset. Within PATMOS-x, DCOMP is applied to observations from the ...

Abstract: As numerical weather and climate prediction models demand more accurate treatment of clouds, the role of finite-cloud effects in longwave radiative transfer clearly warrants further study. In this research, finite-cloud ...

Abstract: This paper demonstrates that the split-window approach for estimating cloud properties can improve upon the methods commonly used for generating cloud temperature and emissivity climatologies from satellite imagers. Because ...

Abstract: This paper explores the feasibility of using O2 A-band reflectance spectra in the retrieval of cloud optical and physical properties. Analyses demonstrate that these reflection spectra are sensitive to optical properties ...

Abstract: Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?s (NOAA?s) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument are used to provide the mean July and January global daytime distributions of multilayer ...

Abstract: The paper analyzes the influence of horizontal variability of clouds on sunlight reflected in a narrow portion of the solar spectrum and how this influence affects the ability to estimate cloud properties from measurements ...

Abstract: Two algorithms for detecting multilayered cloud systems with satellite data are presented. The first algorithm utilizes data in the 0.65-, 11-, and 12-?m regions of the spectrum that are available on the Advanced Very High ...

Abstract: This study, the first part of a two-part series, develops the method of ?successive orders of interaction? (SOI) for a computationally efficient and accurate solution for radiative transfer in the microwave spectral region. ...

Abstract: Three multispectral algorithms for determining the cloud type of previously identified cloudy pixels during the daytime, using satellite imager data, are presented. Two algorithms were developed for use with 0.65-, 1.6-/3.75-, ...