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RISThe Effects of Small Ice Crystals on Cirrus Infrared Radiative Properties
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Using a model that combines single-scattering properties for spheroidal and hexagonal ice crystals, the thermal infrared radiative properties of cirrus clouds have been investigated. Infrared scattering and absorption ...
Experiments with Cloud Properties: Impact on Surface Radiative Fluxes
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Solar radiation reaching the earth?s surface provides the primary forcing of the climate system, and thus, information on this parameter is needed at a global scale. Several satellite-based estimates of surface radiative ...
Comparison of Regional Clear-Sky Albedos Inferred from Satellite Observations and Model Computations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: We have taken an important first step in validating climate models by comparing model and satellite inferred clear sky TOA (top-of-atmosphere) albedos. Model albodos were computed on a 1° ? 1° latitude-longitude grid, ...
Diurnal Variability of the Planetary Albedo: An Appraisal with Satellite Measurements and General Circulation Models
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study addresses two aspects of the planetary albedo's diurnal cycle, the first of which refers to directional models of the planetary albodo. It is found that even for clear regions there appear to be deficiencies in ...
Temporal Interpolation Methods for the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Experiment
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Clouds and the Earth?s Radiant Energy System (CERES) is a NASA multisatellite measurement program for monitoring the radiation environment of the earth?atmosphere system. The CERES instrument was flown on the Tropical ...
Observations of the Interaction between Cumulus Clouds and Warm Stratocumulus Clouds in the Marine Boundary Layer during ASTEX
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Decoupling of the marine boundary layer beneath stratocumulus clouds and the formation of cumulus clouds at the top of a surface-based mixed layer (SML) have frequently been observed and modeled. When such cumulus clouds ...
Comparison of CALIPSO-Like, LaRC, and MODIS Retrievals of Ice-Cloud Properties over SIRTA in France and Florida during CRYSTAL-FACE
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study compares cirrus-cloud properties and, in particular, particle effective radius retrieved by a Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO)-like method with two similar methods using ...
The Role of Cloud Microphysics Parameterization in the Simulation of Mesoscale Convective System Clouds and Precipitation in the Tropical Western Pacific
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his paper presents a detailed analysis of convection-permitting cloud simulations, aimed at increasing the understanding of the role of parameterized cloud microphysics in the simulation of mesoscale convective systems ...
ISCCP Cloud Algorithm Intercomparison
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) will provide a uniform global climatology of satellite-measured radiances and derive an experimental climatology of cloud radiative properties from these ...
ARM Research In The Equatorial Western Pacific: A Decade And Counting
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: cal western Pacific (TWP) is an important climatic region. Strong solar heating, warm sea surface temperatures, and the annual progression of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) across this region generate abundant ...