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Abstract: A thermodynamic model is developed to simulate the evolution of vertical temperature structure during the breakup of nocturnal temperature inversions in mountain valleys. The primary inputs to the model are the valley floor ...

Abstract: One of the important radiative effects of cloud Shape is to modify diurnal radiance patterns observed from satellites. Theory predicts a diurnal radiance pattern nearly symmetric about local noon for both semi-infinite and ...

Abstract: A methodology has been developed to estimate winter design temperatures (temperatures exceeded a specific number of hours during the December through February winter season-an important design parameter in building ...

Abstract: Stlratospheric temperature profiles have been inferred from limb radiance data. The limb radiance observations were made from an Aerobee rocket flown on 7 February 1970 from White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The inferred ...

Abstract: A deep stable layer (DSL) is a layer much deeper than a typical nocturnal inversion with stabilities not frequently found over a sizable portion of the lowest 1.5 km. They have traits that can cause the stagnation of cold ...

Abstract: A dry two-dimensional version of the Colorado State Cloud/Mesoscale Model was used to study the morning, inversion destruction cycle in a variety of deep mountain valley configurations. Eleven simulations were run to examine ...

Abstract: Calculations are presented which compare the effects on directional reflectance and relative radiance of changes in microphysical structure and geometric shape for scattered solar radiation in terrestrial water clouds. The ...

Abstract: A theoretical model of the scattering of shortwave radiation is applied to clouds finite in horizontal extent. The resulting irradiance patterns are then compared with calculations for horizontally semi-infinite clouds. ...

Abstract: The development of the nocturnal boundary layer (NBL) over a sloping plateau upwind of a high mountain barrier is studied with a numerical model and field observations. Six numerical simulations and one observed case are ...