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RISComparative Accuracy of Diffuse Radiative Properties Computed Using Selected Multiple Scattering Approximations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Computational results have been obtained for the spherical albedo, global transmission, and global absorption of plane-parallel layers composed of cloud droplets. These computations, obtained using the doubling method for ...
Determination of the Scaled Optical Thickness of Clouds from Reflected Solar Radiation Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A method is presented for determining the scaled optical thickness of clouds from reflected solar radiation measurements. The procedure compares measurements of the reflection function with asymptotic expressions for the ...
A Method for Determining the Single Scattering Albedo of Clouds Through Observation of the Internal Scattered Radiation Field
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A method is presented for determining the single scattering albedo of clouds at selected wavelengths in the visible and near-infrared wavelength regions. The procedure compares measurements of the ratio of the zenith to ...
Comparative Accuracy of Selected Multiple Scattering Approximations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Computational results have been obtained for the plane albedo, total transmission and fractional absorption of plane-parallel atmospheres composed of cloud droplets. These computations, which were obtained using the doubling ...
Sensitivity of Constrained Linear Inversions to the Selection of the Lagrange Multiplier
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The sensitivity of constrained linear inversions to the selection of the Lagrange multiplier is demonstrated for the can of inferring columnar aerosol size distributions from spectral aerosol optical depth measurements. ...
Determination of the Ground Albedo and the Index of Absorption of Atmospheric Particulates by Remote Sensing. Part II:. Application
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A hemispherical radiometer has been used to obtain spectrally narrow-band measurements of the downward hemispheric diffuse and total (global) flux densities at varying solar zenith angles on 14 days over Tucson. Data are ...
Determination of the Optical Thickness and Effective Particle Radius of Clouds from Reflected Solar Radiation Measurements. Part I: Theory
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A method is presented for determining the optical thickness and effective particle radius of stratiform cloud layers from reflected solar radiation measurements. A detailed study is presented which shows that the cloud ...
A Model of the Radiative Properties of the EL Chichon Stratospheric Aerosol Layer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An accurate multiple-scattering model has been employed to examine the effect of an aerosol layer at 25 mb, corresponding to the EL Chichon observations, on the reflection, transmission and absorption of radiation by the ...
Remote Sensing of Flooding in the U.S. Upper Midwest during the Summer of 1993
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The U.S. upper Midwest was subjected to severe flooding during the summer of 1993. Heavy rainfall in the Mississippi River basin from April through July caused flooding of many Midwest rivers, including the Mississippi, ...
The Effect of a Nonuniform Planetary Albedo on the Interpretation of Earth Radiation Budget Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The flux density measured at satellite altitude with a fixed field of view radiometer differs from the true flux density reflected by the earth-atmosphere system within the field of view of the radiometer. This difference ...