Abstract: nlike other cloud types, high-level clouds play an important role, often imposing a warming effect, in the earth?atmosphere radiative energy budget. In this paper, macro- and microphysical characteristics of cirrus clouds, ...

Abstract: The threshold method is commonly used to determine cloud in a sky image. This paper evaluates the method by numerical simulation and shows that the aerosol optical depth (AOD) is a key factor that influences the accuracy. ...

Abstract: aked-eye observation of cloud cover has widely resisted automation. Replacement of human observation by instruments is an inexorable trend for the development of ground-based macroscopic cloud observation. In this paper, ...

Abstract: An observational method has been proposed to sample radar echo with high range resolutions using a ground-based meteorological radar. Utilizing this method, the rainfall echo data with a high range resolution of 125 m was ...

Abstract: iurnal and seasonal variation, intensity, and structure of deep convective systems (DCSs; with 20-dBZ echo tops exceeding 14 km) over the Tibetan Plateau?South Asian monsoon region from the Tibetan Plateau (TP) to the ocean ...

Abstract: The Platteville VHF Doppler radar, located on the Colorado piedmont near Platteville, Colorado, continuously measured the vertical wind velocity during a 12-day period in late July and early August 1981. Measurements were ...

Abstract: method is proposed to simultaneously calibrate shortwave (0.3?4 ?m) global, direct, and scattering solar irradiance (GSI, DSI, and SSI, respectively) measurements. The method uses the World Radiation Reference (WRR) as a ...

Abstract: The Experimental Cloud Lidar Pilot Study (ECLIPS) was initiated to obtain statistics on cloud-base height, extinction, optical depth, cloud brokenness, and surface fluxes. Two observational phases have taken place, in ...