Abstract: A training program that has been conducted since 1974 to educate pilots in the principles of weather modification is described. The program offers theoretical and practical instruction in cloud seeding, including on-the-job ...

Abstract: A computer simulation has been developed to optimize the use of the aircraft platform for the measurement of shortwave irradiances. This model simulates the measurement of radiative fluxes in order to determine the approximate ...

Abstract: Tropical thunderstorms produce large amounts of cirrus anvil clouds, which have a large effect on the climate system. Modeling of the cirrus anvil is a very important factor in the driving processes in atmospheric, climate, ...

Abstract: he detailed microphysical processes and properties within the melting layer (ML)?the continued growth of the aggregates by the collection of the small particles, the breakup of these aggregates, the effects of relative ...

Abstract: In this study, aircraft data are used to derive effective ice particle densities. This density is defined as the ice particle mass divided by the volume of an equivalent diameter sphere. Measured ice particle size distributions ...

Abstract: A new approach is described for calculating the mass (m) and terminal velocity (Vt) of ice particles from airborne and balloon-borne imaging probe data as well as its applications for remote sensing and modeling studies. ...

Abstract: Detailed in situ data from cirrus clouds have been collected during dedicated field campaigns, but the use of the size and habit distribution data has been lagging in the development of more realistic cirrus scattering ...

Abstract: This study uses a unique set of microphysical measurements obtained in a vigorous, convective updraft core at temperatures between ?33° and ?36°C, together with a microphysical model, to investigate the role of homogeneous ...

Abstract: A continental stratus cloud layer was studied by advanced ground-based remote sensing instruments and aircraft probes on 30 April 1994 from the Cloud and Radiation Testbed site in north-central Oklahoma. The boundary layer ...

Abstract: In presenting an overview of the cirrus clouds comprehensively studied by ground-based and airborne sensors from Coffeyville, Kansas, during the 5?6 December 1992 Project FIRE IFO II case study period, evidence is provided ...