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Abstract: Infrared radiation observations made by TIROS II during 27 days between 26 November 1960 and 6 January 1961 are used to obtain mean latitudinal profiles of outgoing long-wave radiation. The mean profiles revealed an ...

Abstract: The static stability and 300 mb isotach fields for 102 cases of Colorado cyclogenesis during spring and fall are studied. The data sample is divided into cases that develop into either major or minor storms (developing ...

Abstract: The isentropic form for available potential energy (APE) is used to analyze the impact of the inclusion of satellite temperature retrieval data on forecasts made with the NASA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres (GLA) fourth ...

Abstract: The geographical and seasonal distributions of cyclogenesis are studied for the North American sector for the period 1958?77. The primary zone of cyclogenesis is located between 35 and 40°N with this zone providing a maximum ...

Abstract: A set of 70 cases of spring season Colorado cyclone events is used to form composites which describe the upper (300 mb) and lower (850 mb) tropospheric wind fields during the early stages of cyclone formation. The 70 cases ...

Abstract: A composite based on 39 cases of April and May Colorado cyclogenesis is used to examine the moisture distribution and its evolution during the early stages of Colorado cyclones. Moist static stability and its changes are ...

Abstract: Often important weather-producing features such as the jet streak are not adequately resolved at the input stage of numerical models. The satellite indirect sounding technique offers promise of greatly increasing observational ...

Abstract: TIROS II channel 2 and channel 4 measurements of infrared radiation are statistically correlated with corresponding radiometersonde measurements of radiation divergence within various layers of the atmosphere. Estimates ...

Abstract: The validity of the adiabatic assumption used in estimating vertical motion is examined by comparing the relative contributions due to adiabatic processes with the diabatic process of infrared cooling. Radiometersonde data ...