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RISParameterization of Atmospheric Radiative Transfer. Part I: Validity of Simple Models
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper outlines a radiation parameterization method for deriving broadband fluxes that is currently being implemented in a number of global and regional atmospheric models. The rationale for the use of the 2-stream ...
Parameterization of Atmospheric Radiative Transfer. Part II: Selection Rules
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper describes simple, computationally efficient methods of calculating 2-stream broadband fluxes and heating rates in the shortwave and longwave for multilayered media. The method, herein referred to as selection ...
How Total Precipitable Water Vapor Anomalies Relate to Cloud Vertical Structure
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he NOAA operational total precipitable water (TPW) anomaly product is available to forecasters to display percentage of normal TPW in real time for applications like heavy precipitation forecasts. In this work, the TPW ...
Estimating Three-Dimensional Cloud Structure via Statistically Blended Satellite Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he launch of the NASA CloudSat in April 2006 enabled the first satellite-based global observation of vertically resolved cloud information. However, CloudSat?s nonscanning W-band (94 GHz) Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) provides ...
A Multipurpose Scanning Spectral Polarimeter (SSP): Instrument Description and Sample Results
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper describes the design and characteristics of a scanning spectral polarimeter designed to measure spectral radiances and fluxes in the range between 0.4 and 4.0 ?m. The instrument characteristics are described, ...
Cloud-Base Height Estimation from VIIRS. Part II: A Statistical Algorithm Based on A-Train Satellite Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: nowledge of cloud-base height (CBH) is important to describe cloud radiative feedbacks in numerical models and is of practical relevance to the aviation community. Whereas satellite remote sensing with passive radiometers ...
Model-Evaluation Tools for Three-Dimensional Cloud Verification via Spaceborne Active Sensors
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: louds pose many operational hazards to the aviation community in terms of ceilings and visibility, turbulence, and aircraft icing. Realistic descriptions of the three-dimensional (3D) distribution and temporal evolution ...
GHOST: A Satellite Mission Concept for Persistent Monitoring of Stratospheric Gravity Waves Induced by Severe Storms
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe prediction of tropical cyclone rapid intensification is one of the most pressing unsolved problems in hurricane forecasting. The signatures of gravity waves launched by strong convective updrafts are often ...
THE I3RC: Bringing Together the Most Advanced Radiative Transfer Tools for Cloudy Atmospheres
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The interaction of clouds with solar and terrestrial radiation is one of the most important topics of climate research. In recent years it has been recognized that only a full three-dimensional (3D) treatment of this ...