Abstract: Stepwise multiple regression analyses are used to explore the statistical (linear regression) relationships between satellite-observed earth?atmosphere emission spectra and meteorological parameters. The stepwise regression ...

Abstract: The concept of radiometric sounding of atmospheric temperature profiles from satellites was first demonstrated with data gathered by infrared spectrometers on the Nimbus-3 satellite in 1969. Operational satellite sounding ...

Abstract: The radiation budget of the northern-hemisphere stratosphere, as a function of the mean thermal structure and composition of the stratosphere, is determined for the months of January, April, July, and October. Emission of ...

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Abstract: Due to the opposing albedo and greenhouse effects of clouds, the possibility exists that the net radiation at the top of the earth-atmosphere system is, in the mean, insensitive to changes in cloud amount. If so, this would ...

Abstract: The seasonal and latitudinal variations of the average surface temperature and vertical profile of atmospheric temperature on Mars are computed using a thermal equilibrium model. It is assumed that carbon dioxide is the ...

Abstract: A nonstatistical method for obtaining ballistic densities directly from satellite radiance observations is derived. The method takes advantage of the fact that both the ballistic density and the satellite radiances depend ...

Abstract: A simple, zonally averaged numerical model is developed for simulating certain features of the annual mean climate of the Northern Hemisphere. The model is based on the two-level quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity system ...

Abstract: Based on simulations, a simple linear relationship is derived between planetary albedo and the surface albedo for the case of clear skies. This relationship enables one to estimate the planetary albedo, given only the ...